Commitment Pooling and Community Asset Vouchers
Community Asset Vouchers (CAVs) are formalized commitments that individuals, businesses and communities can make for their goods and services. When pooled together they can also act as regional means of exchange and supplement gaps in the national currency system. See other CAVs and create your own for free on Sarafu-Network.
Due to economic instability, people often lack money with which to purchase from each other
Thriving communities build their own prospering economies
Commitment Pools, seeded with national currencies and Community Asset Vouchers create a stable medium of exchange tied to local products
Community and Organizational issued Vouchers connect ...
Underutilized workforces
Underutilized resources
.. in Commitment Pools as local markets that guarantee the provision of basic needs and a medium of exchange
Investments and donations provide seed funding and liquidity to develop Commitment Pools for local industries and infrastructure
These community groups, business networks and industries issue Community Asset Vouchers which enter circualtion as interest-free credit access to Commitment Pools with community services funds and payments for operational costs
Community Asset Vouchers withing Commitment Pools accelerate trade and provide funding for social and environmental services
Commitment Pools provide markets and incubate local industries
These mature industries provide...
Through our work starting in Kenya we've seen:
77%
Increase in trust
347%
Increase in gifting
57%
Increase in environmental activities
23%
Increase in school attendance
25%
Decrease in crime and corruption
+17%
Jobs created
+37%
Sales revenue
+78%
Food Security
As a socio-economic development tool Community Asset Vouchers offers an innovative way to improve living standards
lack of money
market instability
lack of investment
excess capital
lack of local industries
interest-free credit
market stability
increase in local trade
build trust and social services
increase in jobs & development
Going to scale
See how Community Asset Vouchers are being made globaly and create your own on Sarafu-Network. Finally create your own pool to connect different vouchers as well as national currencies together!
This is just the beginning!
Community Asset Vouchers via Commitment Pooling are creating a world wide trust network.
