Creating and exchanging promises (credit obligations) builds thriving communities and should be enshrined a basic human right. The story of Wörgl is the first implementation of demurrage and has been an inspiration for Grassroots Economics and many others. I hope it inspires you and you share the hope you find here with others.
By Will Ruddick
31 Currencies - Mid-year 2022 Report
Since May (roughly 3 months) we’ve seen 20,481 user to user transactions with a trade volume of 3,746,594 Kenyan Shillings using 31 different Vouchers (CICs) in communities across Kenya including Bangladesh (Bangla-Pesa), Kakuma, Kitui, Kwale and Nairobi.
By Will Ruddick
Musheshe Inspired Vision
Inspired by Mwalimu Musheshe after a visit to his community in Uganda, I've remembered this week to not focus on problems or problem solving. Instead focus on and describe our vision - then the structural tension between the current situation and that vision.
By Will Ruddick
Launching Community Inclusion Currencies
The cumulation of a huge amount of work has gone into 14 Community Inclusion Currency Launches last week. So proud of the team and grateful for all the hard work.
By Amina Godana
Community Vouchers to Community Currencies
One Bonde will be worth one egg (market value is roughly 10 Kenyan Shillings) or equivalent community goods or services.
By Joyce Kamau
Preparing to Launch with the World Food Programme
These groups are practicing and developing ways similar to ancient practices inorder to share and trade their resources among each other fairly even when Kenyan shillings are scarce.
By Shaila Agha
How do you measure dignity?
"[Sarafu] gives us our confidence back, because now you have dignity in your community. You can walk into a shop and no longer have to cower and beg the shopkeeper to give you credit."
By Will Ruddick
Bad Bus Tickets
The Crypto world is printing out bad bus tickets and I want off the bus.
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