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🎁 Giving Season QF Round There are less than 24 hours left to contribute to the Giving Season QF Round on Optimism Mainnet. Donate now to amplify your donation with $25,000 USDGLO of matching pool funds!

Get to know Giving Season QF Round stars If you're still deciding where to make your donation in our current QF round, check out the recordings from Dec 20 and Dec 27, to get inspired from some of the participating projects.

💖 2023 Impact Update In 2023, we've helped facilitate $379,500 in donations that went directly to projects, and we're distributing $178,500 in GIVbacks to supporters of public goods projects! What other donation platform rewards you for donating? 😊

Giver NFT owners were the real MVPs this month, showcasing their influence by nominating 84 projects to participate in our Giving Season QF Round!

🔐 Epoch 2 from Octant is dropping early next year! Wanna support Giveth and other projects you adore in the upcoming allocation window? Lock in at least 100 GLM tokens! 🗝 The longer you keep them locked, the more say you get, plus there's a chance for some sweet ETH rewards. 

Palestine Children's Relief Fund, is a leading humanitarian organization in Palestine, dedicated to providing life-saving medical relief and essential aid to children facing limited access to resources like food, clean water, and healthcare. 

Their "Gaza Relief and Recovery" campaign addresses urgent needs, focusing on medical supplies, food, water, and supporting long-term recovery efforts, including trauma counseling and mental health support for affected children.

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In this section, we highlight some of the newly verified projects on Giveth. This is a great place to discover exciting initiatives and support them early on in their Giveth journeys, while of course earning some sweet GIVbacks. 😍

🦁 Wild Friends is a captivating online space designed for wildlife enthusiasts, where you can collect unique digital images of animals. By gathering these special images, you not only customize your own virtual environment but also support wildlife sanctuaries.

Ethereum Attestation Service helps verify and vouch for information, making online interactions safer. EAS is open to everyone and is designed to make proving and verifying things online easier and more secure.

 Revoke.cash is a free and open-source tool, including a browser extension, designed to help users safely manage token approvals in web3, reducing the risk of exploits and phishing scams in Dapps.

🏢 BlockSplit is an annual conference in Split, bringing together people from various fields like IT, entrepreneurship, science, and art to discuss and collaborate on decentralized internet and blockchain technologies.

🌱 Maysou A Noste - A Regen Coliving Experience is a regenerative coliving community restoring a 200-year-old building, fostering intentional community living by embracing universal human desires, and seeking support for the restoration efforts.

💚The GreenPill Network is a group actively using crypto to do good things. They teach and create content about how crypto can help the world, provide training for managing grants, and have local groups around the world doing positive actions. 

🐠MesoReefDAO - Regenerating Reef Conservation with DeSci leverages blockchain for Mesoamerican Reef conservation, employing sustainable practices, marine protection, and groundbreaking initiatives to redefine reef preservation with inclusive governance and cutting-edge tech.

 Show Up Protocol is a decentralized system on Ethereum, using a unique staking mechanism, to boost event participation for hosts and reward engagement for attendees.

🇫🇮 0xMike Greek and Finnish Translations for ethereum.org is on a mission to bring Ethereum to the world through Greek and Finnish translations on ethereum.org.

🌈 Empowering Diversity by CHOICE is a decentralized community championing LGBTQIA+ inclusivity in Web3. Through immersive events, educational initiatives, and NFT collections, Choice empowers individuals globally.

This month we have not one but three amazing GIVfriends who are members of our  Quadratic Force providing a $25,000 USDGLO matching pool for outstanding public goods projects during Giving Season QF Round. 🎅💰

Octant by Golem Foundation leads the way in sustainable public goods funding, empowering you to shape the world through your web3 influence.

Glo Dollar, our newest addition, is a fiat-backed stablecoin creating basic income for people in extreme poverty. We're using their USDGLO in our matching pool.

Public Nouns, back for the 3rd time with the Quadratic Force, funds public goods in an open and democratic way.

 A huge THANK YOU to our incredible GIVfriends who are changing the world for the better!