Blockchain for humanitarian aid disbursements
Fri, Nov 15, 2024, 01:26 PM · 09:04
This panel will discuss learnings from a UNICEF Nepal pilot using blockchain to create an efficient, transparent, and accountable aid distribution system. We’ll cover collaboration between UNICEF Nepal, Local Government and Rahat to develop and implement the technology for underbanked and unbanked communities. Additionally, we’ll explore expanding smart contract use in anticipatory action for preemptive climate disaster responses.
Rumee, CEO of a UNICEF Innovation Fund portfolio startup, leads Rahat, a financial access platform focused on cash assistance and building financial resilience for the most vulnerable against climate shocks. With over 20 years of global leadership, Rumee Singh is celebrated among Nepal's leading women in tech; a 2023 MIT Solver and is featured in the Women for Change 2024 global campaign. Rumee is an electronics engineer and also has a journalism degree from Boston.
Arun is the Blockchain Lead at the Ventures Team @ UNICEF Office of Innovation. He was instantly drawn to blockchains as they promised to fulfil an unmet latent need of people - fairness. He works with the UN and Web3 ecosystems to enable pilots/PoCs/projects for positive outcomes in social, humanitarian, financial and economic spheres. He has special interests in new mechanisms for financial inclusion, transparent governance and where the real world meets Web3.