BEE APICULTURE

BEE APICULTURE

Kenyan non-profit seeks funding for beekeeping projects in semi-arid areas to enhance local income, biodiversity, and food sources, while providing educational opportunities and sustaining feeding programs for orphans and vulnerable communities.
Application
Applied on: 16 Nov 2023 06:32 AM
Rejected
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 14 Feb 2024 01:02 PM
Projects must be at least 3 months old. We use Twitter, web domain registration date, and other public info to determine this. Newer projects should establish themselves and submit to the next round.
Based on the provided project website and Twitter information, the project appears to be older than 3 months, suggesting eligibility under this criterion.
The Grant must be **primarily focused on climate solutions** (the group may do other work but the grant proposal should be directly related to climate solutions). The proposal should explicitly outline how this project will help reduce GHGs or is an important core infrastructure for web3 climate solutions.
The project proposal outlines how beekeeping (Apiculture) can increase crop yields through pollination, promote biodiversity, enhance habitat preservation, support carbon sequestration, and employ sustainable practices. All these contribute to climate solutions, meeting the eligibility requirement.
Grantees who received funding in a previous round(s) **must provide a new update on their progress and impact.** You can also include the challenges you've faced.
The information provided does not indicate whether the project has previously received funding or detail any progress and impact updates, or challenges faced if they have.
All returning grantees are expected to update their proposal, in addition to project updates the proposal should include lessons learned from previous work and how they will use the additional funding from the upcoming round. The updated proposal should indicate how additional funding will help the project meet its goals, and include a rough timeline for the project overall.
The information provided does not specify whether this is a returning grantee nor does it update a previous proposal, discuss lessons learned, how additional funding will be utilized, or provide a rough timeline for the overall project.
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The proposal appears to be credible and within the realm of viability, with detailed information about how the project will be implemented. The profile of the Executive Founder Trustee suggests genuine intent to build the project, and this type of project is not broadly considered an impossibility.
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There is no information indicating that the project has been involved in encouraging or enabling Sybil attacks or other malicious activities. The assessment is limited by the lack of contrary evidence brought forward.