Often due to lack of information, Bitcoin and Blockchain are misunderstood by the general public. Often displayed in the media and political actors as the dark money of the internet, too volatile for some, too dirty for others.
But all these crypto-money could bring much more than we think. For several years now, the major actors of the blockchain have been giving millions of dollars in charitable donations to help the most destitute.
Major causes throughout the world have been financed and supported by crypto-currency funds. Here are a few of them.
Child Hunger in Africa:
Hunger is the first health risk in the world, killing more people every year than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. In East African countries such as Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, a child only needs $0.3 a day to have breakfast and lunch.
Binance Charity is dedicated to battle hunger by focusing on food charity for school children in Uganda.
Internet Archiving:
October 2017, Pineapple Fund donates $1 million (1000BTC) to the Internet Archive, a non-profit organization dedicated to archiving our beloved Web. This organization also acts as a kind of digital libraryand makes its data collections available free of charge to researchers, historians and academics.
More information: https://archive.org/
Universal Revenue in Kenya:
In december 2017, "Pineapple Fund" is funding a programme to provide a basic universal income for rural Kenyans in financial distress. Pineepple Fund has already donated $5 million to GiveDirectly (5000 BTC), a non-profit organization that helps families in East Africa. GiveDirectly transfers funds primarily to Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
The Syrian Cause:
The civil war in Syria has been raging for more than 7 years now. Unicef has set up a campaign to encourage gamers to mine Ethereum for the benefit of Syrian children.
In february 2018, this project called Game Chaingers proposes to video game players to use the computing power of their graphic card to raise funds to help the children of this country.
American public schools:
In march 2018, the Ripple Company donated to DonorsChoose.org to help U.S. public schools fund projects and purchase school supplies.
DonorsChoose is a U.S. charity founded in the Bronx in 2000. Their fight is to make education accessible to all and help fund educational projects.
Ripple has made a substantial donation of over $29 million in XRP to help American schools.
Hurricane Dorian:
Since 26 August 2019, Hurricane Dorian has affected Caribbean nations and caused the most serious damage in the Bahamas.
Dorian is one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the North Atlantic.
It struck the Bahamas in category 5, the highest category, and killed 43 people with mterial damage amounts to several million dollars.
Binance Charity is once again committed and is launching a vast donation campaign to help the affected populations.
More information :
https://www.binance.charity/hurricane-relief
Fire in Australia:
Impossible to miss: Australia is in flames since november 2019, suffering several of the violent bushfires, ravaging everything in its path. In response to this large-scale environmental disaster, the Binance Charity Foundation donated $1 million in the form of BNB. A donation program called Australian Bushfire Donations.
More information :
https://www.binance.charity/Australian-Bushfire-Donations
Environment and Ecology:
In december 2019, Justin Sun, the creator of Tron, expressed his willingness to support young activist Greta Thunberg with a $1 million donation of cryptography. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist committed to the fight against global warming. She protests in the summer of 2018 in front of the Swedish Parliament at the age of 15 against inaction in the face of climate change. Justin Sun said :
"As a young entrepreneur, I share Greta Thunberg's passion to change the world."
Notre-Dame-De-Paris
In avril 2019, a terrible fire broke out on the roof of the historic Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral on April 15, 2019. The flames severely damaged the building and destroyed many priceless works of art and sacred relics, a great moment of mourning for the culture, arts and history shared around the world.
President Emmanuel Macron's appeal for donations to restore the Cathedral and was quickly heeded by Binance Charity. It is as a pioneer in the use of cryptography for social good that the foundation has been involved in this cause.
Covid-19:
The charity project "Lumenthropy" announces a campagn of donations to help humanitarian organizations such as UNICEF, Tor Project, Heifer International, Watsi, Freedom of the Press.
Stellar Foundation, will be donating 2.5 million XLM tokens to these humanitarian organizations throughout the month of April.
More information :
https://lumenthropy.com/covid-19-response/
Binance also launching a donation campagne called "Crypto Against Covid" to help and fight against in this health context and to finance medical equipment throughout the world.
Binance Charity has already donated $1 million in BNB and they hope to raise $5 million in donations as a result of this campaign.
Other crypto and blockchain companies are mobilizing like Ripple XRP who donated $200,000 to two associations fighting against the Coronavirus.
The blockchain technology opens up in many areas, to the energy transition by promoting the use of renewable energy, research, ecology, education, development.
Because of its great transparency, it allows to popularize charitable donations and offers an opportunity to do good around you and to engage in combat.
