Winnable Issues from Circles
An overview of winnable issues being worked on, or completed by, Logos Circles around the world.
Lisbon
Local context
Quinta do Mocho is a public housing neighbourhood in Sacavém, just outside Lisbon. Built in the 1990s to rehouse families from informal settlements, it is one of many bairros sociais that formed part of Portugal’s urban social housing policies. The buildings are dense, uniform, and often under-maintained.
The area is home to a large African diaspora, particularly Cape Verdean, Angolan, and Guinean-Portuguese families, many of whom arrived during or after post-colonial migration waves. Cultural identity is strong here, with music, food, and shared experiences playing a big role in daily life.
Economically, Quinta do Mocho has faced marginalisation, with high unemployment and limited resources for youth. Yet it is also a place of opportunity, with musicians, designers, dancers, and footballers emerging from the community and achieving recognition nationally and internationally.
Winnable Issues
1. Create a short film showcasing community life in Quinta do Mocho.
Goal: Tell stories of parallel organising in Mocho and highlight the power of grassroots initiatives to inspire a break from intergenerational patterns of poverty and marginalisation.
Status: In progress. A film clip is done; the full 10-minute short film will be completed by Parallel Society on 6 March for its showcase.
2. Empower young adults by securing a local community centre.
Goal: Provide alternative career and personal development pathways to keep young people engaged and off the streets.
Status: Completed. The local government confirmed the space in November. Next steps: receive the keys and begin arranging workshops.
3. Create an opportunity for Mocho-based artists to present their work in Lisbon.
Goal: Create an opportunity for Mocho-based artists to present their work in Lisbon.
Status: Completed. On 8 November, the film trailer was presented at the Rare Effect Festival.
4. Run a collection day at the December Lisbon Circle for winter clothes and presents for children in Mocho.
Goal: Collect clothing, books, toys, and warm blankets for children over the winter holidays, many of whom don't have proper winter clothing or shoes.
Status: In progress. Collection will finish on 10 December at the Circle, with drop-off to the community afterwards. Donations will also be given to the neighbouring community of Talude, which faces similar challenges.
Zanzibar
Local context
The Zanzibar Circles took place at Zanzalu, a local community pop-up hub bringing together residents and international guests. Zanzibar, like much of Tanzania, faces a youth employment crisis, with high rates of unemployment and limited access to educational and vocational opportunities. The Circle aimed to identify a practical, achievable project that could make a tangible difference for young people in the community.
The sessions focused on supporting the Straight Training Center, a community-run school for underprivileged and at-risk children, with the aim of helping the children become more emplyable in the face of the crisis.
Winnable Issues
Raise US$2,000 for 10 Raspberry Pi computers
Goal: Create a p2p crypto donations website to raise funds to provide the school with Raspberry Pi devices to support digital learning and give children hands-on tech experience.
Status: Completed, the funds were raised and the Raspberry Pi's were donated to the school.
2. Raise US$1,500 to secure the school location for another year of education
Goal: Help the school pay its rent for 2026 to continue providing mentorship, support, and educational opportunities to the children.
Status: In progress. Donations are actively being collected.
Donate here: https://donate.straighttraining.center/
London
Local context
London is a city at the forefront of digital innovation, but its residents face growing concerns over centralised digital identities (Digital IDs). While over 400,000 people have petitioned against their rollout, the discussion is scattered across social media and patchy media coverage.
Many citizens lack access to clear, reliable information about the risks — including government overreach, data breaches, and loss of privacy — and the potential benefits of Digital IDs. This leaves communities uncertain and disengaged, especially young people, students, and non-technical audiences.
Winnable Issue
Create a Public Knowledge Hub for the risks of Digital IDs
Goal: Build a clear, accessible information hub to help UK citizens understand digital IDs, the risks, benefits, and alternatives, without government or media spin. The hub will include articles, explainers, videos, and translatable content so other Circles worldwide can use it in their own communities.
Status: In progress.
The email group has launched to coordinate research and outreach.
London Circle members attended the 7 November Digital ID roundtable at the House of Lords and are preparing follow-up questions and recommendations for the meeting chair, Baroness Uddin.
Work has begun on outlining a whitepaper to be co-written with academics and technologists, to present to the government in future debates (next expected Q1 2026).
Los Angeles
Local context
Los Angeles is a city of vibrant neighbourhoods, but also deep fragmentation. Residents often face issues that require collective action — noise disputes, unsafe buildings, landlord neglect, local crime, environmental hazards, and shared public resources — yet meaningful coordination rarely happens.
A major barrier is fear of being identified. Speaking up in local forums (like Nextdoor, Facebook groups, or city reporting portals) can expose people to retaliation, doxxing, social tension, or conflict with neighbours.
Winnable Issue
Build a Privacy-First Neighbourhood Engagement App (ZK Nextdoor)
Goal: Build a privacy-first neighbourhood app using ZK identity, Logos messaging, and anonymous profiles to help Los Angeles residents safely report issues, coordinate locally, and engage in community problem-solving without fear of exposure.
Status: In progress by the LA Circle. Core features and technical architecture drafted; prototype planning underway.
Porto
Local context
Domestic violence remains one of Europe’s most persistent human rights failures. In Portugal, 30,389 cases of domestic abuse were reported in 2022 — the highest in four years — with 83% of victims being women and 28 fatalities, including four children. Portugal’s per-capita domestic violence rate surpasses that of larger EU states such as the Netherlands (14,451) and Ireland (6,200).
Survivors frequently face digital entrapment: abusers monitor phones, finances, and communications. Existing helplines and police systems are centralised, easily traceable, and often unsafe. To truly protect survivors, digital freedom must be as fundamental as physical safety.
Winnable Issue
Build Europe’s First Digital Escape Egress for Domestic Violence Survivors
Goal: Develop a privacy-first, survivor-owned app using Logos Messaging to provide secure communication, emergency funds, and escape mechanisms for victims of domestic violence. The project integrates StealthSpace (disguised frontend), SafeCircle (pseudonymous wallet system), and ClearLine (privacy-preserving messaging) to create a survivor-led ecosystem for safety, autonomy, and mutual aid.
Status: In development by the Porto Circle.
Working with Women in Web3 Privacy and Glitch Armourm to inform V1 website.
MVP website for SafeCircle and StealthSpace to be created for field testing.
Researching fundraising via a crypto donations page, hackathons, and EU grant programmes under #SafetyInNumbers campaign.
Benin
Local Context
Benin, like many cities in West Africa, faces a dual challenge: a vibrant ecosystem of grassroots initiatives desperate for funding, and a deep-seated lack of trust in traditional centralised charity platforms due to opacity and inefficiency. While crypto adoption is high among the youth, it is largely speculative rather than productive. There is a critical need for a system that not only facilitates transparent funding for local causes, from medical bills to educational infrastructure, but also incentivises donors to support projects that might lack "viral" marketing appeal. The current model of "donate and forget" fails to build long-term sustainability for both the receiver and the giver.
Winnable Issue
Launch FundBrave: A Regenerative Social-DeFi Fundraising Platform
Goal: Build a "Social DeFi" platform that combines the engagement of social media (X-style feeds) with a regenerative financial engine. FundBrave replaces traditional donations with a high-yield Dual-Staking Mechanism powered by Aave/Morpho:
Direct Staking: Users stake USDC on specific campaigns. The generated yield funds the cause (79%), rewards the staker (19%), and sustains the platform (2%), allowing users to support causes without losing their principal.
Public Pool Staking: Users stake in a Global Impact Pool, where 100% of the yield is aggregated and distributed to important but unpopular projects based on community voting (DAO).
Donor Wealth Building: A "Subsidy Pool" model where 20% of direct donations are staked to generate perpetual yield. This yield is split 70/30, with the donor’s share automatically reinvested into Real World Assets (Tokenised Stocks), turning philanthropy into a wealth-building asset.
The platform integrates Logos Messaging for censorship-resistant chat, and Status for privacy-preserving identity, to ensure user safety and data sovereignty.
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