Concept Note

Overview

• DAO for Impact – Co-Creating Real-World Change with Decentralized Communities
• Led by: Kambria
• Purpose: Explore how decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) can be applied to solve real-world challenges through collective intelligence, transparency, and co-ownership.

Objective

To prototype how global citizens can co-create, manage, and deliver impactful community projects using DAO tools. The experiment will provide insights into decentralized coordination, community governance, and crypto-powered transparency.

Experiment goals

• Test DAO Usability: Can people from diverse backgrounds use DAOs with minimal onboarding?
• Measure Collective Efficiency: How do decentralized groups make decisions around real impact?
• Gauge Trust and Transparency: Do members feel ownership, fairness, and empowerment?
• Generate DAO Literacy: How do participants’ perceptions of blockchain change after participation?

Format overview

• Kambria will launch 3-4 Community Impact Projects.
• Each project will receive $3000 in crypto funding (USDT).
• 15-60 individuals from around the world will be enrolled for each project.
• Participants will form a DAO on XDAO (Polygon) to manage decisions and fund usage.
• Kambria and the broader ecosystem can observe, learn, and adapt based on real-time experiments.

Project examples (Themes: Environment, Health, Learning)

Grow Together DAO

• Goal: Plant 1000 trees in local communities
• DAO members: 30-50
• DAO Tasks: Choose countries/ cities, select partners or local NGOs, decide budget allocation (e.g., seedlings, transport, local workforce)

Nourish DAO

• Goal: Cook and distribute 1000 nutritious meals for people in need
• DAO members: 30-40
• DAO Tasks: Identify target groups, design meal plans, coordinate local actions, ensure transparency in spending

Connect DAO

• Goal: Deliver 1000 TECD connection sessions to support seniors’ wellbeing
• DAO members: 40-60
• DAO Tasks: Recruit facilitators, create session topics, design incentives, monitor impact stories

Reflection DAO

• Goal: Gather 100+ reflections from participants for storytelling, emotional check-ins, documentation, and feedback loops.
• Budget: $1000–$2000
  • $5–$10 stipends for reflective posts/videos/art
  • Prizes for most heartfelt or helpful insights
  • Editors or curators to summarize stories
• DAO members: 20-30
• DAO Tasks: Vote on best stories, support peer-to-peer learning

Adds depth and humanity to the DAO experience. Great for content creation, too.

Evaluation

• Number of proposals created, approved, executed
• Quality and clarity of communication among DAO members
• Impact achieved (trees planted, meals served, seniors connected)
• Participant feedback and learning stories
• Suggested improvements to DAO UX or onboarding

What Kambria provides

• Initial DAO setup and onboarding (wallets, voting process, fund mechanics)
• Pre-curated impact project ideas and guidance
• Facilitators/mentors for light-touch support
• Monitoring and storytelling (to inspire future DAO adoption)

What participants gain

• Real DAO experience (propose, vote, execute with crypto)
• $ value through honorariums, bonuses, or incentives (decided by each DAO)
• KAT token as recognition, NFT badges, and possible future roles in Kambria ecosystem
• Network with global changemakers

Tools & Technology

• DAO Management: XDAO (Polygon) – for proposal creation, fund allocation, voting, and collective decision-making.
• Communication: Discord (dedicated channels per DAO).
• Documentation: Google Docs (for logs, impact updates, community feedback).
• Crypto wallets: MetaMask. 

Onboarding guidelines, peer buddy system in the DAO chat to support participants new to Web3.