Hello Nairalanders, while this account is new, the people behind Action Kin have been on Nairaland since its early days, in 2005.
So we're not new here. This is not an ad, so mods, please don't remove the post. It's a long post, so bear with us.

As the title says, we will be having a small event on Nairaland, NEXT WEEK, which we're hoping many of you will participate.
As the title states, we'll be offering N5,000 to the first 200 Nairalanders interested, during the event. 1 million naira total.

IMPORTANT
This N5,000 can not be used for your personal use or be withdrawn to your personal account.
It can only be used in donating to any of the projects people on Nairaland nominate to execute. The intent is altruistic, not for personal gain.

What is Action Kin?
We are a newly launching social enterprise platform. Meaning, while we are NOT an "NGO" or a 'Charity," our activities deliver equivalent outcomes for society. Just think of us as the "cool" version of those
We are specifically a crowdfunding platform, where anyone can start a campaign to benefit a needy community. No personal campaigns.

So a campaign for a borehole in a community with no water, or renovating a dilapidated school is a good example.
On the other hand, a campaign for one person's school fees or medical expenses isn't a good fit for Action Kin. It has to benefit multiple people - at community level.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mG4ftTrpNc

How will the Nairaland event work?
We are hoping with the support of the mods, we can have this done in an organized way next week. However, here's what we propose:

1. We'll need people on Nairaland to nominate impoverished communities who would benefit most from this. In other words, do you know a community where people have no access to clean water, and could use a borehole?

2. We'll need people to sign up on Action Kin and get a N5,000 credit to their Action Kin account, in order to donate to the projects nominated on Nairaland.

Requirements to nominate a community project:
In order to nominate a community to benefit from this, you must be capable and ready to execute whatever you propose.
e.g, if you nominate a community to get a borehole, you must be available to act as the project manager, at no financial benefit to you.

The funds raised will only be paid to the contractor you negotiate with. The contractor must be a verifiable registered business. We have checks and balances to ensure full transparency, and to secure the project funds from being misappropriated.

As stated earlier, this is altruistic, not for personal gain. So we understand it's not for everybody, as times are hard.

However, the goal here is for you to bring change and improvement to your community or one close to you. You will sleep better at night, knowing you're the reason people in Community XYZ no longer have to walk for miles, to get dirty water from a polluted stream.
If you nominate a borehole, for instance, your name will also appear on that borehole, as a co-facilitator.

Requirements to get the N5k:
Nairalanders who want to be part of these projects will sign up on the platform, and receive a N5k credit.
Then you can donate this N5k to the projects, as you see fit. Details on that will be provided during the event, not now.

What project types can people nominate?
As stated before, it has to benefit people at community level. So some of the following are good options:

1. A borehole at a location where it's cost effective (as the budget is small).
2. Supplies for a local hospital in dire need. E.g, a few hospital beds and medical supplies.
3. Furniture or basic renovation at a run down school.
etc.

We will provide more details over the following days, leading up to next week. Thanks for reading the long post, and we hope you'll participate in making Naija a better place, at the local level.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask it here.

We are looking to carry out this event on Nairaland, starting Thursday or Friday. Keep an eye out for it!

A link to the Nairaland nomination thread will be posted here.

Thanks to those who have reached out directly to us. However, the nominations will be done on a new thread.