This morning, when I checked up @hiveghana community for new engagements for the week, I was very elated seeing the very subject of project proposals from members of the community.
The first impression I had of this community when I was newly introduced to the hive blockchain was project execution. I always saw new projects make the top of this community's major posts - trending posts precisely. Many life-transforming projects like water projects, healthcare outreaches, tech outreaches and awareness, and many others has been churned out and announced on this platform over the years. Kudos to the different stakeholders - @mcsamm, @collinz and the hard workers who made them possible.
As suggested by the topic of discussion, there are projects I would really like the hiveghana community to consider. Some of them are problems I have observed for years which if reduced will greatly improve the wellbeing of every beneficiary.
Geospatial technology
This involves mapping locations and analyzing our society through the help of some technologies like Hot Tasking Manager. The purpose of this is to help map out new locations that are not on the world map or uploading more details of some already existing locations on the open world map for any individual or organization to use to easily access difficult locations.
With my experience as a mapper I think most communities and rural areas are easily left out when aids and health care and other benefits are disbursed by individuals and organizations who desire to help out. This is mainly due to the limitedness of our knowledge of how the exact condition of some rural areas are.
An affiliation with the proper mappers society will help provide needed information about difficult-to-identify areas, or even uploading satellite images of yet to be mapped locations of the country through the help of geospatial technology. This will ease planning and promote precision for aid delivery, since vital data like number of buildings, nature of land, presence or absence of mobile friendly roads can be gotten from the mappers database. This will help reduce the tendency of some rural communities being left out of aid consecutively.
Hiveghana can contribute to mapping projects of the mappers society for most Ghanaian communities. This will further help promote the block chain to the wider world as a beneficial partner. Most mappers communities love helpful affiliations.
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Food Hygiene Awareness Campaign
This is another angle where the hiveghana community can consider. Personally, I have gone to restaurants where good hygiene is trivialized. Some of the people involved are most times ignorant of how little things like cooking with long open hair, profuse sweating over a pot of food, going to toilets at intervals while cooking, etc can cause serious health problems to consumers of their food. Some even cook with long dirty finger nails. It is surprising how some of them don't see anything wrong with such unhealthy practices.
I have come across people who wonder why they suffer from food poisoning after taking meals, either at home or in restaurants. They don't expect their "little" unhygienic practices to cause health problems.
They need proper sensitization, and the hiveghana community can help out in that regard. I used to suffer from stomach upset from time to time until I discovered they were triggered by some of my unhealthy practices. This has caused many people unnecessary hospital bills and suffering. Some even die in the process, especially when they take on self treatment without knowing the root of their problems.
Genital Mutilation Campaign
This is another ugly practice that has ruined the lives of many girls and women alike. Some cultures still promote the removal of the clitoris (a major part of the female reproductive organ that causes pleasure) of their girls. They believe it helps reduce marital infidelity amongst their women. Most of these women are hardly aroused sexually. Some hardly get pregnant leading to marital problems because of their conditions. Infections from poorly sterilized mutilation tools are very common. This has left many women in pains. Funny enough most of the affected persons don't see anything wrong mutilating their organs. Hiveghana can help promote campaign against such practice. People can be sensitized on the consequences of some of their cultural beliefs on the human health.
I hope these few ideas helps out in some way. I still believe there are more...