ChamaDao/REGEN

The project aims to build a decentralized DAO platform for Chamas, localized investment organisations in Kenya, to benefit from DAO technology by creating evidence of ReFI activity on chain # Chama DAO → One Pager Before we begin, let’s first understand: # What is Regen Network? The Regen Network works to align economic value with ecological health. We support the mutual prosperity of people and the planet by advocating for the inherent value of the the living world to be included economic decisions. One of the primary ways we do this is through the creation of Eco-credits which reward the regeneration of the planet. You can think of Eco-credits as a more holistic evolution of carbon credits which allow value to flow to communities stewarding the earth and practicing regeneration. Economic systems can be reimagine to regenerate ecosystems instead of exploiting them. The living world is not an externality. T**he Regen Network uses blockchain technology to ensure transparency, accountability, and participation in the broader effort. We at The Regen Foundation, (the not-for-profit arm of the larger network) work to ensure the network is both owned and governed by those it is meant to serve. Ultimately… our aim is to** aligns economics with ecological health to proliferate sovereign, bioregional, **and** regenerative economies. # What does that mean? - Sovereign - Communities which own their data and the value it supports, and who practice self**-**determination in their future growth and evolution through collective decisions. - Bioregional - Rooted in place and relation to a habitat, biome, watershed, climatic zone**,** etc. Bioregional thought and action is at the core of what we do. - Regenerative - We believe not in simply conserving nor **preserving,** but regenerating the planet through ethical and **ecological** land stewardship. - Economies - Economies and Ecologies **can be** two sides of the same coin. ### We view regeneration as a wholistic process including the environment, humans, and healthy local economies which **have the potential to** sustain both. # What is a “Chama”? Chamas or VSLAs (Village Savings and Loans groups) beg …