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    <pre class="document-text">## Money



Peaceful Foundation's projects


overview


// short

registrations of organisations and such



### Design


	to be cheap
	hosting: scales well through the design


	each project designed to run cheaply
		few dependencies
		serverless and static hosting
		scales cheaply and well

		minimal recurring expenses
		open-source, volunteer-friendly tools
		every project free to use forever




-----

There is also a serious practical virtue in the emphasis on cheap infrastructure. Much of the stack is designed to run on static hosting, serverless components, sparse storage, and volunteer-friendly tooling. Reasonable.Diet, Calm.College, and Hexagons.World all explicitly try to keep core operating costs low relative to ambition. That matters because the concept only works if it can survive long periods without big funding. The documents show awareness of this.

---

There are promising low-cost ideas here, but some revenue assumptions look optimistic relative to the maturity of the products. In particular, Calm.College selling campus-wide access once 10% adoption is reached, and Hexagons.World maps capturing meaningful market share, may eventually happen, but they should not be treated as early dependable engines. Universities are slow, procurement is political, and data buyers are cautious. Likewise, a maps product can be philosophically compelling and still struggle brutally at the distribution layer. The docs do acknowledge uncertainty, but the centre of gravity still leans slightly too hopeful on adoption curves and institutional conversion.


-----




### Costs


	// table

	once off, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, yearly

	- domain names
	    accquiring
	    renewal (at current prices)

	- hosting
	    quiteasily
	        efectively zero
	    learnstuff.today
	        effectively zero
	    reasonable.diet
	        effectively zero
	    calm.college
	        AAF registration
	        AAF yearly registration
	        hosting
	        R2
	    hexagons.world
	        R2

	    peaceful passport


	- initial hexagons.world data generation


	- peaceful organisation and compliance
	    accountancy
	    splitting DGR organisations
	    ASIC fees


	\\




### Profitable Projects


After projects with revenue elements we then discuss in they are very cheap to run as well. due to our design philosophy and mostly dealing with static data and not holding not getting a whole but storing a bunch of information that doesn't need to be stored by us. a bunch of photos doesn't really that that takes up text files are cheap to store of. And, real-time communication and everything is pretty cheap as well. So yeah and we can do this all secure and with in zero zero knowledge about actual people and then the university can get it if they need. But yeah all they're all very cheap to run and we yeah do a lot we get the client to do a lot as well. But probably not discussing that because that's in the development philosophy and everything but they're very cheap to run and the aim is to get surplus of racehorses. So this would go underneath the very cheap to run section. and with a bit of the yeah philosophy about undercurrent. It would just lead into that about one of the previous voice messages where we discuss oh yeah this is yeah where it should be. You feel me? Yeah. this is why we're doing it for the undercurrent and giving local communities more comfort and



#### calm.college

calm.college has a strong financial shape because it is free for students, inexpensive to operate, and monetised through universities only after student adoption has already made the value visible.

Operating costs are low -- as a mostly static, serverless campus layer with minimal media storage, low compute needs -- with federation as the main fixed cost (around an additional ~4,000 AUD)

| Scale    | Approx. monthly operating cost | Approx. annual operating cost | What this shows                                                     |
| -----    | -----------------------------: | ----------------------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------: |
| 10k MAU  | $40                            | $480                          | Pilot campuses are almost free to run                               |
| 100k MAU | $90                            | $1,080                        | Large-campus usage remains negligible financially                   |
| 1M MAU   | $400                           | $4,800                        | National-scale use is still cheaper than ordinary software overhead |
| 10M MAU  | $2,820                         | $33,840                       | Multi-country scale remains very high-margin                        |
| 100M MAU | $24,020                        | $288,240                      | Even global-scale infrastructure is tiny beside possible ARR        |

The core revenue model is simple: once a campus passes roughly 10% student adoption, the university can adopt the paid layer for its full enrolled cohort at a regionally weighted annual rate. That means revenue is not based on selling to individual students, but on institutional subscription income tied to campus-scale usage.

*Revenue within campuses*

| Region               | Students at campuses eventually crossing 10% | Annual price / student | Institutional conversion | Eventual ARR ceiling |
| ------               | -------------------------------------------: | ---------------------: | -----------------------: | -------------------: |
| Americas             | 16.50M                                       | $5                     | 62.5%                    | $51.56M              |
| Atlantic Europe      | 2.00M                                        | $8                     | 57.5%                    | $9.20M               |
| Continental Europe   | 0.80M                                        | $7                     | 52.5%                    | $2.94M               |
| Mediterranean Europe | 0.40M                                        | $5                     | 42.5%                    | $0.85M               |
| Nordic Europe        | 0.10M                                        | $9                     | 62.5%                    | $0.56M               |
| Eurasian Plains      | 0.20M                                        | $3                     | 27.5%                    | $0.17M               |
| Continental Asia     | 1.40M                                        | $3                     | 32.5%                    | $1.36M               |
| Monsoonic Asia       | 9.60M                                        | $3                     | 37.5%                    | $10.80M              |
| Oceanic Asia         | 3.80M                                        | $4                     | 42.5%                    | $6.46M               |
| Oceania              | 0.75M                                        | $9                     | 67.5%                    | $4.56M               |
| Mediterranean Africa | 0.20M                                        | $2                     | 27.5%                    | $0.11M               |
| Saharan Africa       | 0.06M                                        | $1                     | 20.0%                    | $0.01M               |
| Monsoonic Africa     | 0.40M                                        | $2                     | 32.5%                    | $0.26M               |
| Highland Africa      | 0.08M                                        | $2                     | 27.5%                    | $0.04M               |
| Southern Africa      | 0.14M                                        | $3                     | 37.5%                    | $0.16M               |
| Arabia               | 0.25M                                        | $6                     | 45.0%                    | $0.68M               |
| **Total**            | **36.68M**                                   | —                      | —                        | **$89.72M**          |

The revenue case is also practical for universities. They already spend money on surveys, wellbeing analytics, consultants, focus groups, retention work, and student engagement programmes. calm.college offers a cheaper and more continuous signal: anonymous, cohort-level data about student wellbeing, activity, loneliness, engagement, and campus life. The university is not paying for access to individual students. It is paying for clearer visibility into its own environment.

| Revenue driver                 | What it means                                               |
| ------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------: |
| Campuses crossing 10% adoption | Campuses where student usage becomes visible and meaningful |
| Students at those campuses     | Full enrolled cohort at threshold-crossing campuses         |
| Institutional conversion       | Share of eligible universities that adopt the paid layer    |
| Procurement lag                | Delay between student proof and university payment          |
| Operating cost                 | Infrastructure, federation, moderation, and support         |

This makes calm.college attractive for institutional uptake because the buyer’s incentive is strong. If better campus insight helps even slightly with retention, student satisfaction, service planning, or early wellbeing intervention, the subscription can justify itself quickly. For Peaceful Foundation, the upside is that a very low-cost product can generate recurring institutional revenue, with surplus funding other Peaceful Foundation work.

We therefore estimate an annual operating surplus (otherwise known as a profit) of around ~89 million dollars through institutional uptake over a period of six years.


#### hexagons.world

			low running costs
				storage
				compute




##### Maps

					one dollar is very low
						so we can expect a large uptake
						each place has weighted currency equivilient
							so feels like one dollar everywhere

					number of people with maps
						local advantage
						interacts with peaceful foundation
					high usefulness

					transaction fees
						emphasis




##### Application Programming Interface for hexagons.world




##### What if?

					$5 per person

					estimations on social issues

					ngo
					universities
					interested people

					on demand compute
						multiplier always turns a profit
						also could do distributed compute globally



##### What if? -- Private










#### Incidental



##### coomer.org











### Accepting and receiving money

peaceful foundation can either receive donations through

#### Wise
		cheap payments and available in most countries
			register bank accounts easily
		global bank transfer

		To reduce fees, please choose bank transfer — card payments cost a small percentage that we’d rather spend on projects.”

		for example, in Australia
			payID
			BSB and ACC



#### PayPal
		use paypal for charities for micropayments
		only where it is more expensive
			countries without efficient banking systems
			do annual subscriptions instead of micropayments



#### Stripe
		larger card payments perhaps?







#### Donations

			via [peacefulfoundation.org/donate](https://peacefulfoundation.org/donate)
				lists all our platforms to donate and how to do so

			quiteasily and reasonable.diet (if not others) can likely be segmented to as to obtain Tax Deductable Gift Recipient status in Australia







##### Tax-deductable donations

			https://www.acnc.gov.au/tools/guidance/commissioners-interpretation-statements/commissioners-interpretation-statement-public-benevolent-institutions

			// what are tax deductable donations
				// explaining what tax-deductable donations are


			// what is a DGR

			// what is a public benevolent institution

			// what is a health promotion charity





				which organisations can

				becoming endorsed as a deductable gift recipients





				The Commissioner acknowledges that contemporary approaches to relieving poverty can include supporting beneficiaries to become economically self-sufficient and equipping people with the skills, resources and knowledge they need to lift themselves out of poverty and overcome difficult circumstances linked with poverty

				Efforts to address the underlying causes of benevolent need might take a wide range of forms, such as addressing laws and policies, economic activity, unfair trade practices, social attitudes, climate change, agricultural practices, educational attainment, under employment, healthcare, gender equality and social inclusion.

				An organisation is likely to be an institution if it undertakes several activities on a regular basis, even if it is controlled and operated by a small number of people who are related to one another.



###### Peaceful Foundation

				is the parent organisation of each of the projects


				// we aren't going to register peaceful foundation as a public benevolent institution

			// why we might not what to do this

                    // then we would open ourselves up to a lot of regulation

                    	// would suck



				// Is Peaceful Foundation an institution?

				is the parent organisation of each of the projects
				would not be public benevolent institution or tax-dedudctable organisation
					PBIs must directly relieve suffering or poverty.
						Peaceful Foundation’s main role is long-term social improvement — not direct relief like food, shelter, or emergency help.
						PBIs must help people in need, not the public in general.
							Peaceful Foundation aims to help everyone live better and cooperate more. That’s for the whole community, not just people currently in poverty or distress.
						PBIs must operate as an “institution,” not just oversee others.
							The Foundation would mainly guide and fund other projects and functions as an umbrella body, not a direct service provider.

						Tax-deductible (DGR) status follows the activity, not the mission.
							Only the arm that actually delivers relief — e.g. providing food, essentials, or direct aid — can qualify for DGR endorsement.
						It’s still a registered charity.
							The Foundation can be recognised by the ACNC and receive tax exemptions, it just wouldn’t be the one people donate to for a tax deduction.


						The ACNC takes a holistic view of whether an organisation is organised, conducted or promoted for benevolent relief. If any activities that are not directed toward benevolent relief are ancillary to the pursuit of benevolent relief, the ACNC will accept the organisation is organised, conducted or promoted for benevolent relief. An activity is ancillary to benevolent relief if it is a means of achieving, or naturally tends to go with, benevolent relief.



###### quiteasily as a health promotion charity

						registered health promotion charity
						publicising and sharing open source addiction cessation resources



###### learnstuff.today

				//
						as an example
							although upskilling people can reduce poverty
							the information available online is general
							not directly relieving poverty
								but, if we were to create offical peaceful foundation skill learning groups or such
								then the case is stronger
								however, we would not pursue this, as we hope people do this in their communities with other people, without peaceful foundatiom 'formality' since we want a more local world
									we want people to come together through conversation in this regard, not peaceful foundation's 'formal' structure
									and this would
						as such, learnstuff.today would not qualify as a tax deductable



###### reasonable.diet as a health promotion charity

						health promotion charity

						To promote the prevention and control of diet-related diseases in human beings by improving access to healthy food, providing nutritional education, and supporting communities to adopt sustainable, evidence-based eating practices.

						malnutrition


###### A flowing undercurrent of resources

				public benevolent institution




				crisis of poverty


				healthy and well





							don’t automatically give support to all volunteers; only those facing genuine hardship or disadvantage.

							To meet the definition of PBI, an organisation must demonstrate that it is ‘organised, conducted or promoted’ for benevolent relief.
							If an organisation’s governing document states that its objects, aims or purposes are to relieve poverty, or to relieve sickness, destitution, helplessness, suffering, misfortune, disability, or distress of sufficient seriousness or an analogous condition and all of its activities further its objects, the ACNC accepts that it is organised, conducted or promoted for benevolent relief.


							An organisation’s governing document may state that its objects, aims or purposes include relieving poverty, sickness, destitution, helplessness, suffering, misfortune, disability or distress or an analogous condition, and also other aims that are not related to benevolent relief. The ACNC will undertake a holistic consideration of what the organisation does to achieve its objects, aims or purposes, to determine the true nature of the organisation.
					If an organisation achieves benevolent relief of a need through pursuing a particular charitable purpose, the ACNC will accept that it is organised, conducted or promoted for benevolent relief.

								The Commissioner acknowledges that what is regarded as poverty, distress or benevolent need, and the ways in which it might be effectively relieved, has changed over time. Many charities are tackling the systemic, structural or underlying causes of benevolent need, not just the consequences. Significant government funding and support now exists for prevention and early intervention activities.



							An organisation that is just starting up and has either not yet undertaken any activities or has only undertaken activities for a short time will need to demonstrate that it is an institution by providing a detailed plan of the activities it plans to undertake over at least its first year of operation. The plan should include:

							    a description of the activities the organisation plans to undertake and the people who will benefit from its activities
							    the staff (or volunteers) and funds the organisation needs to undertake its activities
							    where the organisation plans to obtain the funds it needs to undertake its activities, and
							    an explanation of how often the organisation will undertake its activities.

							The more clearly a start-up organisation describes how it is going to operate, the more likely it will be able to demonstrate it is an institution.

							The Fund may, in furtherance of its benevolent purposes, provide support to Peaceful Foundation volunteers or other persons who are experiencing poverty, distress or hardship, including but not limited to the provision of food, clothing, utilities, transport or other essential needs.

							You’re helping them because they need help, not because they volunteered.

						🔹 Document need — even simply (“X is unemployed and contributing 10 hours/week to community coordination; receives grocery and transport support to reduce hardship”).

				🔹 Avoid “quid pro quo” — make sure benefits aren’t framed as payment for volunteer work. They’re because of need, not because of hours.

				🔹 Avoid blanket benefits — don’t automatically give support to all volunteers; only those facing genuine hardship or disadvantage.

				🔹 Keep it transparent — track what’s given and why, and show that it’s part of the fund’s benevolent mission.

							not remuneration


							- Immediate relief: directly helping identifiable individuals in hardship.
							- Clear connection: between donations → basic needs → people’s wellbeing.
							- Community-based benevolence: you’re relieving distress locally and personally, not abstractly.
							That’s textbook benevolent relief — arguably more tangible than many PBIs.

				Federal Commissioner of Taxation v. Launceston Legacy
				https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/print?DocID=JUD%2F87ATC4635%2F00001

				Tangentyere Council Inc. v. The Commissioner of Taxes (N.T.)
				https://www.ato.gov.au/law/view/print?DocID=JUD%2F90ATC4352%2F00001

					It’s fine — even ideal — to start by helping your own volunteers,
					so long as:
					You’re helping them because they need help, not because they volunteered.

					That’s benevolence, not remuneration.


				by helping, a volunteer then volunteers to help their local community




### Costs associated with resource sharing

					You’re building infrastructure (tools, coordination, transparency systems).

					There’s redundancy (small groups, overlapping efforts).

					You haven’t yet reached the “sharing density” that makes things self-sustaining.


				Early Stage — High Friction / Setup Cost
					At the beginning, every person you support is relatively expensive — not because the help itself is costly, but because:


	| Scale   | Per-Person/Day | Why Lower?                               |
	| ------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
	| 1–10    | $3 to $5       | Retail costs + no system                 |
	| 100     | ~$2.50         | Shared kitchens, less spoilage           |
	| 1,000   | ~$2.00         | Local procurement + bulk sacks           |
	| 10,000  | ~$1.60         | Delivery routes, contracts, cold storage |
	| 100,000 | ~$1.20         | Shared kitchens + central supply nodes   |
	| 1M      | ~$1.00         | Wholesale importation + local processing |
	| 1B      | ~$0.50         | Global flows, farms optimised for co-ops |


	hug and kiss

				// how much is the thing going to cost?

					// per person in an area





#### Estimating costs

			the stuff you're getting

			// the price of the stuff within different regions

			// the price of things to be delivered directly

			// reducing costs through local supply

			// reducing costs through more people onboarding

			// reducing costs through more in bulk

			// starting in countries where initial approach is achievable

				// delivery
				// local suppliers

				// do vegetables from weekly box


			// fuel costs

			// costs shifting to wholesale supplying

			// direct to farm implementations



			// supply chains starting with calm.college implementations


			// getting from cheaper regions and shipping
				// toothpaste and toiletries
					// liasing with suppliers for example

			// regulatory environments (applicable for some approaches)


			// pallet of potatoes and vegetables approach

				// everyone travelling to one spot in a park




#### Estimating revenue

			// more people jumping onto the system


			// capabilities to pay
				// different regions
				// different demographics
					// big donors
					// university students
					// .
					// some standarised approach to spare income

			// currency buying power


			// corporations


			// dare iced coffee a day


			// one dollar a day


			// one dollar a month from hexagons


			// uptake and such


			// amount of people helped by peaceful foundation


##### Who might donate to the undercurrent?

				.







#### Determining costs for recipients

			// One volunteer


				// seed potatoes
					// ikea bag equivilent


| Layer            | What is included                                                                                       |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Food             | Local starch, hardy vegetables, seasonal fruit, oil, salt, spices, modest protein                      |
| Hygiene          | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care where relevant                                |
| Care             | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen or insect protection where relevant |
| Warmth and sleep | Basic bedding, blanket, mosquito net, fan, or warm layer as locally needed                             |
| Connectivity     | Phone service and enough data for normal life                                                          |
| Utilities        | Electricity, water, cooking fuel, or contribution to household use                                     |
| Transport        | Walking where possible, bicycle support, local delivery, small fuel or public transport allowance      |
| Overhead         | Procurement time, delivery, replacement items, contingency                                             |






##### One person

			Let's estimate one person, and the only person in their hexagon.


###### Food

We estimate food as the cheapest reasonable.diet-compatible local food basket.


| Food component                   |                                             Monthly assumption | Notes                                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Safe starches                    | 14–20 kg cooked-equivalent base, or local practical equivalent | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, white rice, cassava, plantain, breadfruit, pumpkin, sago or tapioca where appropriate |
| Root vegetables and fruit        |                                                       10–18 kg | Carrots, beets, squash, pumpkin, seasonal fruit, berries where local                                                  |
| Low-calorie vegetables           |                                                        8–15 kg | Leafy greens, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs, local greens, fermented vegetables                                 |
| Healthy fats                     |                                            1–3 L or equivalent | Olive oil, coconut oil, butter/ghee, animal fat, palm oil where locally normal and responsibly sourced                |
| Animal foods                     |                                                   12–24 serves | Eggs, fish, shellfish, meat, poultry, dairy, yoghurt, sardines, small fish                                            |
| Organ meats / mineral-rich foods |                                  4 serves/week where practical | Liver, mussels, sardines, small fish, shellfish, bone broth, seaweed where local                                      |
| Fermented foods                  |                                         weekly where practical | Yoghurt, kefir, fermented vegetables, fermented fish/sauces, local equivalents                                        |
| Mineral/flavour base             |                                                 monthly top-up | Salt, vinegar, garlic, onion, herbs, spices, fermented sauces                                                         |
| Packaging rule                   |                                                 always applied | Prefer loose, bulk, refillable, returnable, paper, glass, metal, sacks, crates, or direct-from-producer supply        |

Packaging should be minimised wherever possible. Prefer loose produce, bulk sacks, refillable containers, returnable crates; our aim is definitely avoiding sachets, single-use plastic, individually wrapped portions, and imported packaged foods.

| Preference            | Examples                                                                                                                       |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Best                  | Direct from grower, loose produce, reusable crates, sacks, local markets                                                       |
| Good                  | Bulk dry goods, refill stations, returnable glass, paper sacks, metal tins                                                     |
| Acceptable            | Large-format packaging where it prevents many small packages                                                                   |
| Avoid where practical | Sachets, single-use plastic bottles, individually wrapped portions, imported packaged snack foods                              |
| Exception             | Medical, hygiene, safety, contamination prevention, remote freight, or where unpackaged supply would create more waste or risk |

Remember though, we're not aiming for boutique zero-waste perfection. Just boring, practical, provisioning minimising single-use. The current system is extremely wasteful, and we can work with something sub-par until we create something better.



###### Hygiene

				Nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste
				bulk floss
				minimal shampoo

				Shared procurement, local refillable stations


| Hygiene item                   | Notes                                                                                      |
| ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste | Preferred where affordable and available, but not required as the universal baseline       |
| Bulk floss                     | Cheap, compact, and worth including because dental problems become expensive quickly       |
| Soap                           | Prefer simple bar soap, refillable liquid soap, or locally low-waste options               |
| Minimal shampoo                | Enough for normal care, without creating a large personal-care budget                      |
| Menstrual care                 | Pads, tampons, reusable options where wanted, and quiet replacement as normal provisioning |
| Refillable stations            | Useful where local infrastructure exists, especially in cities                             |



###### Care

| Care item         | Notes                                                                         |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| First aid         | Bandaids, gauze, tape, antiseptic, alcohol wipes, scissors, tweezers          |
| Pain relief       | Paracetamol and/or ibuprofen, depending on local availability and suitability |
| Antihistamine     | Useful for allergies, bites, mild reactions, and environmental exposure       |
| Oral rehydration  | High value in hot climates, illness, travel, and food/water disruption        |
| Sunscreen         | Essential in high UV places, not a luxury                                     |
| Insect protection | Repellent, mosquito net, bite care, or local equivalent where relevant        |
| Thermometer       | Small, cheap, and useful for deciding when illness is serious                 |



###### Warmth and Sleep

| Need           | Examples                                                     |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Basic bedding  | Sheet, pillow, blanket, mat, mattress support where needed   |
| Hot climates   | Fan, mosquito net, breathable bedding, shaded sleeping setup |
| Cold climates  | Blanket, warm layer, hot water bottle, heating contribution  |
| Wet climates   | Dry storage, waterproof bag, spare dry bedding               |
| Shared housing | Replacement bedding, privacy support, basic sleep stability  |


| Climate              | Monthly logic                                       |
| -------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Hot/humid            | Fan, mosquito net, insect protection, clean bedding |
| Hot/dry              | Water, shade, sunscreen, cooling contribution       |
| Cold/winter          | Blanket, warm clothing, heating contribution        |
| Tropical storm areas | Dry storage, waterproofing, replacement buffer      |




###### Connectivity

Minimum:

working phone
enough data for normal communication
ability to receive coordination messages
ability to access forms, maps, tasks, and support

Global mobile data costs vary heavily by country. Current mobile-data comparisons show enormous differences between countries, so this should be locally checked rather than assumed from a regional average.

| Need                    | Examples                                                                             |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Phone service           | Calls and texts for normal coordination                                              |
| Mobile data             | Enough for messaging, maps, forms, and basic work                                    |
| Shared internet         | Household internet contribution where available                                      |
| Device continuity       | Small support for charging cables, power bank, or basic repairs where needed         |
| Subscription discipline | Only essential shared subscriptions, no quiet stack of random personal subscriptions |



###### Electricity




###### Water




###### Cooking

				fuel and shared kitchens
				electric cooktops
				microwaves

| Cooking setup           | Cost logic                                           |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Existing shared kitchen | Cheapest                                             |
| Gas bottle contribution | Common in many regions                               |
| Electric cooktop        | Good where electricity is cheap/reliable             |
| Microwave               | Efficient for simple reheating and shared housing    |
| No kitchen              | Expensive and unstable; should trigger setup support |


###### Transporting things

				walking
					free
				bicycle
				fuel
				maintenance
					spare parts
					fluids




| Transport mode      | Notes                                                                                |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Walking             | Free, but limited by distance, safety, weather, disability, and carrying load        |
| Bicycle             | Often the best low-cost upgrade where roads are safe                                 |
| Bicycle maintenance | Tubes, tyres, chain oil, brake pads, basic tools                                     |
| Public transport    | Useful in cities and dense areas                                                     |
| Fuel                | Add-on rather than baseline unless the local context requires it                     |
| Delivery            | Inefficient for one person, but becomes useful once multiple people are in a hexagon |





###### Overhead and moving things around


| Overhead item     | Why it matters                                            |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| Procurement time  | Someone has to choose, buy, collect, and check supplies   |
| Delivery          | Moving goods costs money, time, or social energy          |
| Replacement items | Toothbrushes, soap, cables, bedding, containers, utensils |
| Spoilage          | Fresh food can be wasted without storage and rhythm       |
| Storage           | Boxes, tubs, bags, shelves, dry space, cool space         |
| Contingency       | Prevents tiny failures from becoming constant stress      |



##### Regions

These figures estimate the monthly cost of supporting one person alone in a hexagon.

They include food, hygiene, care, warmth and sleep, connectivity, utilities, cooking, transport, overhead, replacement items, and a small contingency buffer.

They do not include rent, wages, major medical care, flights, visas, debt, or full personal spending.


| Region               | Rounded monthly cost  |
| -------------------- | --------------------: |
| America              | $490                  |
| Atlantic Europe      | $510                  |
| Continental Europe   | $440                  |
| Mediterranean Europe | $390                  |
| Nordic Europe        | $660                  |
| Eurasian Plains      | $290                  |
| Continental Asia     | $200                  |
| Monsoonic Asia       | $190                  |
| Oceanic Asia         | $250                  |
| Oceania              | $620                  |
| Mediterranean Africa | $197                  |
| Saharan Africa       | $161                  |
| Monsoonic Africa     | $130                  |
| Highland Africa      | $143                  |
| Southern Africa      | $186                  |
| Arabia               | $380                  |

region changes the number through:
	climate
	water safety
	energy cost
	transport friction
	retail/import dependence
	density
	whether sharing exists yet



###### America

| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------- | ---------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Food             |             $170 | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, white rice, squash, carrots, cabbage, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, sardines, dairy, modest meat, liver where affordable |
| Hygiene          |              $35 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                               |
| Care             |              $35 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen or insect protection                                |
| Warmth and sleep |              $35 | Bedding, fan, warm layers, winter support depending on region                                                          |
| Connectivity     |              $45 | Phone service and enough data for coordination and life admin                                                          |
| Electricity      |              $45 | Charging, lighting, fan/heating/cooling contribution                                                                   |
| Water            |              $20 | Water contribution, filtering or safe drinking water where needed                                                      |
| Cooking          |              $25 | Shared kitchen, fuel, cooktop, microwave, basic utensils                                                               |
| Transport        |              $45 |                                                                                                                        |
| Overhead         | $35              |                                                                                                                        |
| **Total**        | **$490**         |                                                                                                                        |



###### Europe

###### Atlantic Europe

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                        |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             | $175             | Potatoes, white rice, root vegetables, cabbage, apples/pears, eggs, dairy, sardines, mussels, liver                          |
	| Hygiene          | $35              | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care, refillable goods where available                                   |
	| Care             | $35              | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen, winter skin care                                         |
	| Warmth and sleep | $45              | Bedding, blanket, warm clothing, damp-weather support                                                                        |
	| Connectivity     | $40              | Phone service, mobile data, shared internet contribution                                                                     |
	| Electricity      | $55              | Charging, lighting, heating/cooling contribution                                                                             |
	| Water            | $15              | Household water contribution                                                                                                 |
	| Cooking          | $25              | Shared kitchen, electric/gas cooking, microwave, utensils                                                                    |
	| Transport        | $50              |                                                                                                                              |
	| Overhead         | $35              |                                                                                                                              |
	| **Total**        | **$510**         |                                                                                                                              |




###### Continental Europe

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                              |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $150 | Potatoes, white rice, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, dairy, tinned fish, liver |
	| Hygiene          |              $30 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                           |
	| Care             |              $30 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen or cold-weather care            |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $40 | Bedding, blanket, warm layer, heating-related sleep support                                        |
	| Connectivity     |              $35 | Phone service, mobile data, shared internet                                                        |
	| Electricity      |              $50 | Charging, lighting, heating/cooling contribution                                                   |
	| Water            |              $15 | Household water contribution                                                                       |
	| Cooking          |              $20 | Shared kitchen, electric/gas cooking, microwave, utensils                                          |
	| Transport        |              $40 |                                                                                                    |
	| Overhead         | $30              |                                                                                                    |
	| **Total**        | **$440**         |                                                                                                    |



###### Mediterranean Europe

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                      |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $135 | Potatoes, white rice, tomatoes, onions, greens, citrus/figs/seasonal fruit, olive oil, eggs, sardines, yoghurt, liver |
	| Hygiene          |              $25 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                   |
	| Care             |              $25 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen                                         |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $25 | Bedding, fan, light blanket, occasional winter support                                                     |
	| Connectivity     |              $30 | Phone service, mobile data, shared internet                                                                |
	| Electricity      |              $45 | Charging, lighting, cooling/heating contribution                                                           |
	| Water            |              $15 | Household water contribution                                                                               |
	| Cooking          |              $20 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric cooking, microwave, utensils                                                  |
	| Transport        |              $40 |                                                                                                            |
	| Overhead         | $30              |                                                                                                            |
	| **Total**        | **$390**         |                                                                                                            |




###### Nordic Europe

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                              |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $220 | Potatoes, root vegetables, cabbage, berries/seasonal fruit, butter, eggs, dairy, herring, sardines, liver |
	| Hygiene          |              $40 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, shampoo, menstrual care, winter skin support                              |
	| Care             |              $40 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, cold-weather care                         |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $70 | Bedding, thermal blanket, warm clothing, hot water bottle, winter sleep support                    |
	| Connectivity     |              $45 | Phone service, mobile data, shared internet                                                        |
	| Electricity      |              $90 | Charging, lighting, heating contribution                                                           |
	| Water            |              $10 | Household water contribution                                                                       |
	| Cooking          |              $30 | Shared kitchen, electric cooking, microwave, utensils                                              |
	| Transport        |              $65 | Public transport, bicycle maintenance where practical, winter transport buffer                     |
	| Overhead         |              $50 |                                                                                                    |
	| **Total**        |         **$660** |                                                                                                    |



###### Eurasian Plains

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                         |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $105 | Potatoes, white rice, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, dairy, tinned fish, liver |
	| Hygiene          |              $20 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                      |
	| Care             |              $20 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, cold-weather care                                    |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $30 | Bedding, blanket, warm layer, winter support                                                                  |
	| Connectivity     |              $20 | Phone service and basic mobile data                                                                           |
	| Electricity      |              $35 | Charging, lighting, heating/cooking contribution                                                              |
	| Water            |               $5 | Household water contribution                                                                                  |
	| Cooking          |              $15 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric cooking, utensils                                                                |
	| Transport        |              $25 |                                                                                                               |
	| Overhead         | $15              |                                                                                                               |
	| **Total**        | **$290**         |                                                                                                               |




###### Asia


###### Continental Asia

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                         |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $75 | White rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, cabbage, greens, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, fish, small fish, fermented vegetables |
	| Hygiene          |              $15 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                                      |
	| Care             |              $15 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen or cold-weather care                                       |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $20 | Bedding, blanket, fan or warm layer depending on climate                                                                      |
	| Connectivity     |              $15 | Phone service and mobile data                                                                                                 |
	| Electricity      |              $20 | Charging, lighting, fan/heating contribution                                                                                  |
	| Water            |              $10 | Drinking water, household water contribution, filtration where needed                                                         |
	| Cooking          |               $8 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric cooking, microwave where available                                                               |
	| Transport        |              $15 |                                                                                                                               |
	| Overhead         | $7               |                                                                                                                               |
	| **Total**        | **$200**         |                                                                                                                               |



###### Monsoonic Asia

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                           |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $70 | White rice, sweet potato, taro, cassava, pumpkin, greens, cabbage, seasonal fruit, coconut, eggs, fish, shellfish, fermented fish/sauces |
	| Hygiene          |              $15 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care; avoid sachet dependence where possible                                |
	| Care             |              $15 | First aid, pain relief, oral rehydration, antihistamine, insect repellent, heat support                                         |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $15 | Fan contribution, bedding, mosquito net, dry storage                                                                            |
	| Connectivity     |              $15 | Phone service and enough data for normal coordination                                                                           |
	| Electricity      |              $18 | Charging, lighting, fan contribution                                                                                            |
	| Water            |              $10 | Drinking water, household water, filtration where relevant                                                                      |
	| Cooking          |               $8 | Shared kitchen, gas bottle, electric cooktop, microwave where practical                                                         |
	| Transport        |              $15 | Small scooter/delivery contribution                                                                                             |
	| Overhead         |               $9 |                                                                                                                                 |
	| **Total**        |         **$190** |                                                                                                                                 |




###### Oceanic Asia

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                         |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $95 | Taro, cassava, sweet potato, breadfruit, white rice, pumpkin, greens, seasonal fruit, coconut, eggs, fish, shellfish |
	| Hygiene          |              $20 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                      |
	| Care             |              $20 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen, insect protection                         |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $20 | Bedding, fan, mosquito net, dry storage, storm-season replacement support                                     |
	| Connectivity     |              $20 | Phone service and mobile data, with island variation                                                          |
	| Electricity      |              $25 | Charging, lighting, fan contribution                                                                          |
	| Water            |              $15 | Drinking water, filtration, household water contribution                                                      |
	| Cooking          |              $10 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric cooking, utensils                                                                |
	| Transport        |              $25 | island transport friction                                                                                     |
	| Overhead         |              $20 |                                                                                                               |
	| **Total**        |         **$250** |                                                                                                               |


###### Oceania



	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                 |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $220 | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, cabbage, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, sardines, mussels where local, dairy, liver |
	| Hygiene          |              $40 | Nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste where practical, bulk floss, soap, shampoo, menstrual care                             |
	| Care             |              $40 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen, insect protection                                 |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $45 | Bedding, blanket, fan, warm layer, seasonal climate support                                                           |
	| Connectivity     |              $55 | Phone service, mobile data, shared internet contribution                                                              |
	| Electricity      |              $70 | Charging, lighting, cooling/heating contribution                                                                      |
	| Water            |              $20 | Household water contribution, filtering where needed                                                                  |
	| Cooking          |              $30 | Shared kitchen, electric cooktop, microwave, cooking fuel or appliance contribution                                   |
	| Transport        |              $55 |                                                                                                                       |
	| Overhead         | $45              |                                                                                                                       |
	| **Total**        | **$620**         |                                                                                                                       |



###### Africa



###### Mediterranean Africa

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                  |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $80 | Potatoes, white rice, sweet potatoes where available, carrots, tomatoes, onions, greens, citrus/dates/seasonal fruit, eggs, sardines, yoghurt |
	| Hygiene          |              $15 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                               |
	| Care             |              $15 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen                                                     |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $15 | Bedding, blanket, fan, seasonal warm layer                                                                             |
	| Connectivity     |              $15 | Phone service and basic mobile data                                                                                    |
	| Electricity      |              $15 | Charging, lighting, fan/cooling contribution                                                                           |
	| Water            |              $10 | Household water, drinking water, filtration where relevant                                                             |
	| Cooking          |               $8 | Shared kitchen, gas cooking, basic utensils                                                                            |
	| Transport        |              $19 |                                                                                                                        |
	| Overhead         | $5               |                                                                                                                        |
	| **Total**        | **$197**         |                                                                                                                        |



###### Saharan Africa

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                             |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $65 | White rice, millet/sorghum where necessary, dates, onions, hardy vegetables, eggs, small fish where available, dairy/yoghurt where local |
	| Hygiene          |              $10 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                                          |
	| Care             |              $10 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen, heat support                                                  |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $10 | Bedding, blanket for cold desert nights, shade or fan contribution                                                                |
	| Connectivity     |              $10 | Phone service and basic mobile data                                                                                               |
	| Electricity      |              $12 | Charging, lighting, fan/cooling contribution                                                                                      |
	| Water            |              $12 | Drinking water, household water, filtration or delivery where needed                                                              |
	| Cooking          |               $7 | Shared cooking, fuel, basic utensils                                                                                              |
	| Transport        |              $15 |                                                                                                                                   |
	| Overhead         | $10              |                                                                                                                                   |
	| **Total**        | **$161**         |                                                                                                                                   |


###### Monsoonic Africa

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                       |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |              $55 | Cassava, plantain, sweet potato, white rice, leafy greens, okra, seasonal fruit, palm/coconut/groundnut oil, eggs, small fish |
	| Hygiene          |              $10 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                                    |
	| Care             |              $10 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, insect repellent or mosquito protection                            |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $10 | Mosquito net, bedding replacement, fan contribution                                                                         |
	| Connectivity     |               $8 | Basic mobile data and calls                                                                                                 |
	| Electricity      |               $8 | Charging, lighting, fan contribution                                                                                        |
	| Water            |               $8 | Household water, drinking water, filtration where relevant                                                                  |
	| Cooking          |               $5 | Shared kitchen, charcoal/gas/electric contribution, utensils                                                                |
	| Transport        |              $10 |                                                                                                                             |
	| Overhead         | $6               |                                                                                                                             |
	| **Total**        | **$130**         |                                                                                                                             |



###### Highland Africa

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                              |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
	| Food             |              $55 | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, greens, carrots, seasonal fruit, eggs, dairy, small fish where available |
	| Hygiene          |              $10 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                           |
	| Care             |              $10 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, insect protection where needed                            |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $15 | Bedding, blanket, warm layer, cold-night support                                                                   |
	| Connectivity     |              $10 | Phone service and basic mobile data                                                                                |
	| Electricity      |              $10 | Charging, lighting, heating/fan contribution                                                                       |
	| Water            |               $8 | Household water, drinking water, filtration where relevant                                                         |
	| Cooking          |               $5 | Shared kitchen, charcoal/gas/electric contribution, utensils                                                       |
	| Transport        |              $10 |                                                                                                                    |
	| Overhead         | $10              |                                                                                                                    |
	| **Total**        | **$143**         |                                                                                                                    |



###### Southern Africa

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                              |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
	| Food             |              $75 | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, cabbage, onions, seasonal fruit, eggs, sardines, dairy, liver or modest meat |
	| Hygiene          |              $15 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, minimal shampoo, menstrual care                                                           |
	| Care             |              $15 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen or insect protection                            |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $15 | Bedding, blanket, fan or cold-night support depending on place                                                     |
	| Connectivity     |              $15 | Phone service and mobile data                                                                                      |
	| Electricity      |              $18 | Charging, lighting, electricity contribution                                                                       |
	| Water            |              $10 | Household water, safe drinking water, filtration where relevant                                                    |
	| Cooking          |               $8 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric/solid fuel contribution                                                               |
	| Transport        |              $15 |                                                                                                                    |
	| Overhead         | $15              |                                                                                                                    |
	| **Total**        | **$186**         |                                                                                                                    |


###### Arabia

	| Layer            | Monthly estimate | Notes                                                                                                                  |
	| ---------------- | ---------------: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
	| Food             |             $135 | White rice, potatoes, dates, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, seasonal fruit, olive oil/ghee, eggs, yoghurt, sardines, tinned fish |
	| Hygiene          |              $25 | Toothpaste, floss, soap, shampoo, menstrual care; imported goods may raise cost                                        |
	| Care             |              $25 | First aid, pain relief, antihistamine, oral rehydration, sunscreen, heat support                                       |
	| Warmth and sleep |              $25 | Bedding, fan/cooling support, warm layer for cold desert nights where relevant                                         |
	| Connectivity     |              $30 | Phone service and mobile data                                                                                          |
	| Electricity      |              $40 | Charging, lighting, cooling contribution                                                                               |
	| Water            |              $25 | Drinking water, household water, filtration or delivery where needed                                                   |
	| Cooking          |              $20 | Shared kitchen, gas/electric cooking, basic utensils                                                                   |
	| Transport        |              $30 | Walking may be limited by heat                                                                                         |
	| Overhead         |              $25 |                                                                                                                        |
	| **Total**        |         **$380** |                                                                                                                        |






#### A couple more people

			other peaceful foundation volunteers within an area

			10 - 30 people within a hexagon




#### A larger group of people

			sharing with people in their local community

			50 to 200 people



#### A small community of people

			more than 200 people within an area


#### A local community or whole hexagon

			//

			200 to 1000 to 10,000 people




			// how many people there are in a 1km or 10km hexagon

			1km or 10km of people

#### Connected hexagons



#### Region



#### World













### Philanthropy

discussed in peaceful assertions, but potential sponsors would be people and organisations are

	systems thinkers
		non-ideological
		intersectional
		logical

	outcome focussed
		quietly and measurably, not by slogans or identity or politics
		dislike bureaucracy and political theatre
		want visible and measurable community outcomes

	pragmatic
		prefer projects that could sustain themselves if funding stopped
			often
		the idea of effective altruism
			not longtermmism

	quiet visionaries
		down to be on the journey together


people who see that rebuilding people at the human scale can ripple outward to heal whole societies.










### Always free

As a whole, everything peaceful foundation runs on the smell of an oily rag.

	conceivably what we can coordinate

	*quiteasily*
		site
			domain
			hosting is free

		volunteers
			posters



	*learnskills.today*
		obsidian hosting

		domain

		whatsapp integration
		AI processing
			(very low)



	*reasonable.diet*
		simple static recipe site










### Minimal launch


	hexagons.world
		$7/mo storage
		compute
		deployment



	calm.college (AAF and such)
		$4400 + $2046



	current staff in philippines organising volunteers
		600 / fortnight
		600 / fortnight
			currently director funded



	myself
		fasting (by choice)
		philippines
			rural place
			spiritual








### Happy and comfortable

	*peaceful passport*
		previously on discord
		api integration and migration


	*peaceful.network (toilet.network)*
		development
		execution
		moderation


	*stipends for core steering staff*
		Athina Hilman
		Angela Ho
		Daniz Alpaslan
		Francis Faulkner
		Fraser Patterson


	*development staff*
		- Abhigyan Tripathi
		- another developer to coordinate backend
		- designer


	*alternative domains*
		$1555
		prevent spoofing
		as the campaign grows


	*advertisements*
		ambassador generated advertisements
		identify effectiveness of spend


	*Deductable Gifts*
		owned subsidaries
		split quiteasily
			registered health promotion charity
		reasonable.diet
			health promotion


	*accountancy*
		CPA in Philippines familiar with Australian legislation
		scale partners
		provisioning


	*legal*
		paralegal in philippines
			propose and prepare required documentation
		lawyer in Australia


	*register overseas*
		Portgual: EU presence and high Freedom House index
		Philippines: scale volunteering workforce


	*steering team members together*
		basic living expenses for team members living separately but together
			intensive for three weeks at least
			pay their rent and bills while away
		lombok, or ubud, or down south WA
			low cost
			close to australia
				meetings and networking
				easily accessible
			otherwise Siquijor is a bright spot for the change we're looking to make



### 1 million dollars

create an organisation


// hiring core team
	// all problems bye bye

// hiring support staff
	// three people each for core team


// previous levels costs


// a little bit of a better level of stuff


// operations costs

// incidental costs

// 300k undercurrent??


			*hire core team*
				Athina Hilman
				Fraser Patterson
				Francis Faulkner


				Angela Ho
				Deniz Alpaslan
				Fraser Patterson



#### Living Costs for Core Staff

		Athina Hilman
		Francis Faulkner
		Fraser Patterson



#### Support Staff 100k
#### Staff 300k


#### Operations Costs

		flights




#### Incidental Costs 100k





			*hire project managers overseas*
				3 senior leads
				9 junior project managers
				coordinate teams of volunteers and ambassadors within each region


			*full time developers overseas*
				5 developers
				web development
				systems design
				project management informed to leverage volunteering base


			*support staff overseas*
				overseas executive assistants
					for each coordinator and team
					relaying thoughts instead of people bogged down into details
					ideally two
				reduce thought load for all team members
				background coordination for each staff and team


			*logistics costs*
				travel as required
				any compute and equipment requirements
					processing for different statistics task
					starlinj
					secure compute


		*can begin preparing for institutional integrations*
			prepare profitable ventures
				calm.college and hexagons.world
					monetisation and institutional adoption


				SOC 2
			any other issues






### 10 million dollars


// 3 million to undercurrent

// 1 million to core salaries

// support staff salaries


	&gt;outsource and professionalise&lt;


### Salaries for Core Staff

		120k AUD each
		- Angela
		- Athina
		- Deniz
		- Francis
		- Fraser
		- Julian
		- .
		- .
		- .


### Subject Matter Experts Staff Salaries



	*regional coordination staff*

		nine people in each country
			When things scale quickly absences can happen more significantly — travel, burnout, illness
				With nine, you can lose one or two people temporarily and still keep full function
			You can cover all critical functions without overloading anyone:

		asia: indonesia, philippines and vietnam
		europa: turkiye, czech republic, portugal
		oceania: australia, new zealand
		arabia: jordan, lebanon, oman
		africa: rwanda, tusinia, morocco, Tanzania
		america: Uruguay, Chile, Guyana, Colombia

		with each region paying a fair and good local wage (top ~30–40 % of NGO or skilled nonprofit salaries).









### 100 million dollars



// half to undercurrent (50 million)

// ETFs

// operations costs
// regional operations costs

//


	&gt;create an institution that others respond to&lt;


	buy and absorb mid sized programming and project management firms from different regions


	assisting with many regional specific projects


	support staff
		paid support and such


	interconnect everyone beautifully using local coordinated compute
		get them doing voice notes into it to cultivate a better world
		https://exolabs.net/
		connect people together
		pooling whatever they have, connect people who have: say: many toothbrushes as a retired dental equipment supplier for some reason, with a massive group of orphans or something


	stipends for volunteers in different countries


	funding proposed, or seeding proven initatives that scale


	*investments*
		will not get a wealth manager or anything

		safe green investments
			longevity with the foundation
			Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)
				sustainable and ethical ETF

		ventures
			there are many people who could create things that could be reproduced by people to solve different issues
			but are bogged down with life
			budget living stipend and funding for project or experimental based funding
				giving mentoring and team to ensure succcess
				creative ways of combatting different statistics
				for example
					using recycled plastic to solve different problems
						urban heating
			running and costs plus reasonable margin to fund more ideas
				for a scaled solution
				priority should be getting into the hands of as many people as possible

			auditing
				milestones
				timeframe

			preventing issues
				living expenses
					reduces problems with distribution of funds
				foundation buying equipment directly
				subject matter experts can donate their time to review
				feed into machine learning to identify any potential abuse patterns

			with the ventures, this can also be made to be a coooperative
				review and fund from interested parties
				similar to effective altruism movement



	*arts*
		funding artists and arts collectives
			production cost and making the people who make things feeling happy
		resonate with a bunch of people
		no specific theme



### One billion dollars


// woah!

// 70% undercurrent
	(disregard undercurrent)

// hosting and running costs

// ventures


// airships


// painting roofs white


// survival


// spaces for less



	&gt;you can alter the conditions everyone else operates in&lt;



#### Local Staple-food Cooperatives

		Seed a worldwide network of near-cost food hubs sourcing potatoes, high nutritionallly dense foods, and other fundamentals.
		stabilises diets and prices; makes healthy eating cheaper than junk globally.


		*emerging nations*

			people a lot of the time eat maize
				maize is tasty
				scales well
				but is not nutrionally dense

			0. grow nutrient-dense staples
			1. move them cheaply
				airships, solar cargo drones, coastal barges — anything lighter and slower but steady)
			2. feed everyone in a place until there is surplus
			3. use surplus as seed stock

			repeat this until everywhere is growing places
			tubers improve soil, when local communities replant the surplus, it builds fertility rather than depleting it like maize monocultures.
			Small community stores or cool cellars can greatly extend potato shelf-life (even simple earth pits or evaporative coolers).

			instead of exporting or hoarding grain, you spread calories and minerals first, then create regional redundancy
			1 kg of seed potatoes → ~10 kg harvest. A surplus can double local output each cycle.
			one of the quickest calorie-dense staples you can grow
			Prefers loose, well-drained soil with organic matter; can grow in marginal land if kept moist
			Less water than rice or maize per calorie produced
			there are many different types of potato variaties for different locations and circumstances
				possible through early, mid and late season varties that a region never runs out of stock
			sharing surpluses with other hexagons or places

		well written joke ending the last sentence with: and that's not even mentioning onions!




#### Spaces for Less
		there are already tent cities in different places
			nobody should have to experience homelessness
		if there are not enough homes
			then you can try do your best in giving people stuff
			if in the city, you find a nice and cosy space
				and make the whole thing improving people's lives

		unglamourous accomodation, fitting as many people as comfortable and is friendly
		one idea would be easily buildable emergency shelter accomodation out of recycled plastic



#### Painting Roofs White

		white paint for painting roofs

		the best approach to combatting urban heating is not a sexy one
		each 1m hexagon, we can track the colour of the roof

		you would buy a factory that make a roof coating paint that used recucled plastic

		create recycled plastic hexagon boxes as spacer for ventilation
			(uses all types of plastic)

		create recycled plastic mats on top for making sure it is walkable and reflects sunlight

		also: trees and plants and gardens on roofs; but this comes afterwards



#### Trees
		pretty easy to reforest the earth, just takes (honestly reasonable) fourty years
		drones and people
		built and urban areas



a sharing world

	facebook marketplace but sharing resourcing
		there is stuff everywhere




at one billion dollars you have solved survival



### Financial governance


	in many senses, fiscal





#### Investments



##### Savings

the barefoot investor



Then in the peaceful money section, I suppose talking about investments., we honestly want to put the vast it just in savings just interest., is fine. yeah, not a term deposit, just high interest savings account., is good. that's a pretty rock solid strategy.

scott pape

open source book


##### Ventures

then you can have grants that are funded by the local communities that they're in., yeah. So, yeah. I mean, if someone needs,, to be able to create a new 3D printed fan or be able to mass produce them or something that.


// an ideal candidate

###### Mentorship



###### Progress reports


##### Microloans

I think micro loans would be a good approach., because and
but yeah, micro loans would be good.,


    microloans might be useful in some cases
        especially where someone can repay without stress
        and where the money helps create more capacity

    but they should be used carefully
        not for basic needs
        not where repayment creates pressure
        not where a grant would be kinder and simpler

we want to believe in people



#### Fiscal transparency

// systems involved in doing that

##### Supply chains

		So and then we discussed fairly recently in the peaceful people section about, just minimising the eliminating the ability for fraud to happen with Peaceful Foundation, because that would suck., so and you're probably even used that would suck., so maybe maybe you can professionalise a little bit, but that would suck is such human language and it would, yeah, that would be funny. Um, so then trans, transparency in that regard would be extremely, inevitable., what do you even say?, no one has to stress about anything ever again and that is such a wonderful thing. And yeah. We just love it. We just love it. And where praytel is my mind going. I think there is a good start.


##### Undercurrent

		raw material costs that are, yeah., raw material costs,, everything the supply chain is transparent and auditable.

		 and good. Yeah,, well,, most of the money goes to,, it's different if it people are donating to Peaceful Foundation compared to an undercurrent of flowing resources. either way, we don't really pay, well, we don't pay income tax as a, we wouldn't pay income tax as a charity.

##### Doing things together

			such as 3d printing

one example might be with mass production with 3D printers or something that, then,, and ideally we would just have in the background, you would prime your 3D printer to be ready or something that. But that's just some different idea for Chad or something that for the organisation system., yeah. And then it would receive instructions and just automatically start building things, which would be really cool. Yeah., and then maybe we pay you the filament cost to be able to do that from the undercurrent. Yeah., yeah. So there could be something there.,



    some useful things can be made by people directly
        printing
        repairing
        translating
        cooking
        mapping
        distributing
        3D printing

    if Peaceful Foundation pays for materials
        the cost should be recorded
        the project should be clear
        and the result should be visible

        people do useful things together
        and the money trail remains calm and obvious








#### Financial operations



    financial operations should be light
        but not loose

    people should be able to buy what they need quickly
        without waiting through pointless process

    but the record should be created as the money moves
        project
        purpose
        country if relevant
        amount
        evidence

##### Who administers and audits?


    Peaceful Foundation should have clear roles for:
        approving spending
        making payments
        keeping records
        reconciling accounts
        preparing reports
        reviewing unusual expenses




##### Paying for things outside Australia


	“we may fund printing of educational posters, translation of addiction cessation resources, local food education materials, low-cost student wellbeing activities, or open-source data and mapping work where each expense is approved, recorded, and linked to a project purpose.”


###### Not sending money when possible

			things like fuel cards
				from known suppliers
				since, like, petroleum is kinda bigger than us
				but also can negotiate discounts

			buying goods and sending directly

    where possible, Peaceful Foundation should avoid sending unrestricted money

    better options can include:
        buying goods directly
        sending supplies directly
        using known suppliers
        fuel cards
        grocery cards
        printing credits
        single-use cards
        negotiated discounts

it is just safer and cleaner

###### Not using money where reasonable and possible

    oftentimes the best option is not buying anything

    use what already exists
        spare materials
        local spaces
        donated goods
        volunteer skills
        existing community resources

    money should not be the first tool
        if a simpler path already works

			but we don't need goods and buying things directly

			already existing resources and things

			moving things from other places


##### When we need to send money

		the process should be extremely quick

		if someone needs to buy something, the experience should not take more than a couple of minutes, or ideally, seconds
			sort of like credit card verification checks

			need to pay for something bigger
		    	    the process should still be quick
		    	        ideally a few minutes
		    	        not days of forms

		        should capture the important facts automatically:
			        who is receiving it
			        what it is for
			        which project it belongs to
			        whether it is overseas
			        what evidence is needed afterwards




##### Tracking and measuring impact

		already have hexagons too

		    what was funded
		    where it happened
		    what was produced
		    who it was meant to help
		    what evidence exists
		    what was learned

        small actions can stay small
        honest records are better than inflated claims
		don't need to "prove things all the time"


##### Safety design in financial operations





    default to trust
        but keep everything auditable

		using design as a safety principle
    			good design reduces the need for heavy paperwork

			reducing documentation
			the real problems are when something turns into tick and flick
		    		the danger with compliance is tick-and-flick
			        people fill forms because they have to
			        then the form becomes separate from the real work
			or you create a process that people procrastinate

    Peaceful Foundation should design financial systems where records happen naturally
        a card is linked to a project
        a receipt is captured immediately
        an expense is tagged automatically
        a payment outside Australia triggers the right checks

		something should be semi-automatic

			someone uses a card and it's on the project they're currently on automatically
				or single use cards with project tracking


		default to trust
			(but keep everything fully auditable aha x)
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