# EFAM DAO May & June Monthly Report Back

**URL:** <https://gov.near.org/t/efam-dao-may-june-monthly-report-back/23750>\
**Category:** Creatives DAO\
**Tags:** creatives-dao\
**Created:** [June 28, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/efam-dao-may-june-monthly-report-back/23750 "2022-06-28T22:44:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![leahvw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@leahvw](https://gov.near.org/u/leahvw)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/efam-dao-may-june-monthly-report-back/23750/1 "2022-06-28T22:44:48Z")

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\*\*Project Name: EFAM DAO

**Project Status:** \*Completed & In Progress

April Funding Proposal:

> [@\[APPROVED\] EFAM DAO - Funding Request April 2022](http://gov.near.org/t/approved-efam-dao-funding-request-april-2022/18418):
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> EFAM DAO Funding Request APRIL 2022 Contact name:[@xochicana](http://gov.near.org/u/xochicana) Council Members: xochicana.near, ashelseasunz.near , newbuddy.near Target Address: efam.sputnik-dao.near 1 Current Balance (NEAR): 7.3093 Funding Period: APRIL 2022, Monthly Request amount: $5000 USD in NEAR Hello Creatives DAO, We are honored to be a part of this community. Over the past 2 months we have been orienting ourselves to the NEAR ecosystem and learning how to navigate the forum, AstroDAO, we’ve been active in the Te…

& UPDATED report back:

> [@\[UPDATE\] April Monthly report : EFAM DAO](http://gov.near.org/t/update-april-monthly-report-efam-dao/20289):
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> Project: NEAR Ecosystem Onboarding & NFT Creation for Lakota Tribal members at the Uncila Makoce, Earth Day Gathering on the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota Proposed by : EFAM DAO [efam.sputnik-dao.near 1](https://explorer.mainnet.near.org/accounts/efam.sputnik-dao.near) xochicana.near , ashelseasunz.near , Newbuddy.near Our team had a very successful trip to Rosebud Lakota reservation in South Dakota! We spent the week hosting workshops on alternative economies including NEAR ecosystem, economic sovereignty, nutrition & the history of farming, and in cer…

May Funding Proposal:

> [@\[APPROVED\] EFAM DAO May 2022 Funding Proposal ~ Culinary Arts](http://gov.near.org/t/approved-efam-dao-may-2022-funding-proposal-culinary-arts/20526):
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> CREATIVES DAO MONTHLY FUNDING REQUEST Project/Council Members: xochicana.near, leahvw.near, ashelseasunz.near Target: efam.sputnik-dao.near 1 Total Requested Funding Amount: 5000 USD in NEAR Projects & Timelines: Hello Creatives DAO! The generous support and collaboration we have continued to receive through the NEAR ecosystem has enabled our work to grow and thrive! IRL our organization works to transform surplus produce into healthy juices and smoothies that we give for free to…

**Project Accounting:** Our proposal was approved May 25th and we just received the funds late June.

**Updated Project Timeline:** This proposal funding work we are continually engaging in. We have been juicing every Monday & Wednesday and distributing to the local West Oakland unhoused community. We have gathered photos to document the juicing process and are starting to work on NFTs with nutritional content and onboarding the juice team leads into NEAR once the funds have successfully transferred to our account. They will be done by the end of July. Here’s an example of one NFT we plan to mint :

 ![Earthy Brand Moodboard Social Media Post](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/3X/6/f/6ffba53d8960f0be868fec5cd66a9cb1d4e0fa8c.jpeg)

**Highlights:**  
\*\* We’ve successfully distributed 100s of juices each week, 1000+ lbs of reclaimed food, and captured dozen of beautiful photos.

**Learnings:**  
\*\*We would like to improve on getting access to funds to fulfill proposals more swiftly - now that more team members have passed KYC, this should be easier moving forward. We would also like to use NEAR as an incentive to onboard more volunteers to our team. Funding like this makes our volunteer led effort more consistent and enticing.

**Next Steps:**  
\*\*\*We are excited to get juice team members onboarded into NEAR, and plan to onboard 1 person / week for the next month.  
We’ve used this last month to catch up on delayed work, and are looking forward to moving on to a July funding proposal to continue to advance our mission.