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Chain Highlight: Three Celo-based social impact projects
In the first post in a series highlighting the social impact projects operating on specific blockchains, we highlight three exciting Celo-based social impact projects.
Three projects using blockchain and USSD to deliver accessible financial services to vulnerable populations
Blockchain and USSD technology are very different technologies, but these three projects are using them in cohesion to deliver accessible financial services to vulnerable populations.
Celo Foundation launches Climate Collective aimed at tokenizing rainforests and carbon sequestering assets
Celo Foundation recently announced the launch of the Celo Climate Collective to compete for XPRIZE’s 100M Carbon Removal Challenge
Three blockchain projects positively disrupting the supply chain industry
There are few industries that are as natural of a fit with blockchain as supply chains. Blockchain has the potential to help create more efficient, transparent, secure, and auditable supply chains that will revolutionize the sector for the better.
GoodDollar: Using Crypto and DeFi to deliver a universal basic income
The case for Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs has gained considerable momentum in recent years. The GoodDollar project offers anyone the ability to join their UBI program and receive a small daily income.
Using crypto and blockchain to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugee populations
There are many exciting use cases for crypto and blockchain in supporting refugee populations. One project is using crypto to provide Unconditional Basic Income to refugees.
Using blockchain and biometrics to provide direct aid to refugees
The WFP’s Building Blocks program has the potential to revolutionize the provision of emergency aid by making use of blockchain and biometrics.
Three blockchain projects positively disrupting the health care sector
Blockchain has the potential to revolutionize the health care sector, and the infrastructure and systems behind it. Here are three blockchain-based projects that are positively disrupting the health care sector today.
VeChain launches Digital Carbon Footprint SaaS platform
VeChain’s Digital Carbon Footprint SaaS platform provides a practical solution to the challenge of unverified data in supply chains, helping corporations better understand the environmental impacts of their production processes.
Three large charities currently operating cryptocurrency funds
With cryptocurrency donations on the rise, three large charities have launched Crypto Funds to capitalize on the momentum and fundraise for important social causes.
Satchel: Using DeFi to help unbanked communities generate income
31% of the worlds adults don’t have access to traditional financial services. Satchel provides an innovative DeFi solution to help the unbanked earn interest and raise funds for their community.
Five exciting international development projects making use of blockchain and crypto
The international development use cases for crypto and blockchain are truly endless. Here are five projects making use of this technology to address real-world challenges.
Using blockchain to improve access to financial instruments in the developing world
Kotani Pay makes use of blockchain to provide access to financial instruments through basic mobile phones, without the need for internet or a bank account.
Using blockchain to improve vaccine and food distribution
StaTwig makes use of AI and blockchain technology to improve supply chains for food and vaccine distribution.
Etherisc – Using blockchain technology to deliver agricultural insurance
Etherisc provides a blockchain-based alternative to traditional agricultural insurance that provides smallholder farmers with affordable and trustworthy insurance administered via smart contracts.
Save the Children Rwanda partners with Cardano Foundation
This exciting new partnership between Cardano and Save the Children Rwanda enables them to directly receive donations in ADA to support social enterprises in the Region.
Web3 - A Disruptive Tool For Social Impact
Cryptocurrency is more than just an investment. Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and web3 are generational technologies that have the potential to change the world for the better. These ground-breaking technologies will positively disrupt nearly all aspects of our lives in the coming decades: the internet, our financial systems, supply chains, health care, and everything in between. From a social impact lens, blockchain is the single greatest development since the internet.
It has the potential to revolutionize the way aid is disbursed, how funds are raised by non-profits and charitable causes, how communities and collectives organize and engage in self-governance, how CO2 is tracked and managed, how important financial services are delivered to the nearly 2 billion unbanked people around the world, and much more. We are only just scratching the surface of the intersections between web3 and social good.
Crypto Altruism is the leading platform for content highlighting the social impact use cases of web3 and the extraordinary organizations and projects that are using this technology to change the world. Through our blog, podcast, and educational resources, we elevate stories of how crypto, blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and other web3 innovations are being used all over the world for novel and inspiring use cases.