The Stories We Almost Lost
5/10 sections recovered · name · leaderboard description · match catalog cover · match catalog tags · match catalog funding · leaderboard
$240 displayed raised · 1 season · best rank #808 in Season 7
Recording the memories, stories, wisdom and everyday experiences of ordinary people befor…
AfricaCultural HeritageCultural PreservationPreservationStorytelling youthcommunity-economyculture-identityfilm-storytellingafrica
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About
We are making a big digital storybook filled with real people's stories. We will sit with older people and community members, listen to their memories, record them, and save their stories so children in the future can hear how life used to be
Impact
We will help keep disappearing stories, traditions and memories alive. By connecting younger people with older generations, we can preserve culture, strengthen identity and make sure valuable knowledge is not forgotten.
Progress
The project is at the beginning stage. I have developed the concept and a simple approach for collecting and preserving stories. The next step is to record our first stories and begin building the digital archive.
Team
I am curious about people and the stories behind their lives. I know how to listen, ask questions and turn ideas into stories people can connect with. I want to use those skills to help ordinary voices be remembered.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $240 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $240 | — |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/the-stories-we-almost-lost
Wayback: leaderboard page ↗ · Wayback: platform page ↗
Not recovered: creator, links, drives, submissions, snapshot. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.