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GiveCrypto recently launched a new version of the ambassador program that allows anybody to be an ambassador. If you know somebody that could use help, I encourage you to apply and we will send them cryptocurrency.
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Coinbase has donated $10k to GiveCrypto. This donation will be given to 100 families in Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuelas. buff.ly/2RR4Wa9
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Laddy lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He used the crypto to cover four months of rent. He was recruited by Ambassador Christian. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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Juan lives in Venezuela and used the crypto to purchase food. He was recruited by Ambassador Juan. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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We are close to finishing phase 1 of the Venezuela Ambassador Pilot. See what we have learned and how we are preparing for phase 2 in May's monthly report.
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GiveCrypto is recruiting people to be ambassadors for our new program. You will be able to select people in need (who will receive crypto) and will be expected to help with onboarding and follow-up questions. You can apply here - forms.gle/Rq62bVVGUYWxU6377
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teddit.net/r/givecrypto is live! Please post your questions and ideas.
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Yorki lives in the Dominican Republic and used the crypto to pay rent, school fees and buy some food. He was recruited by Ambassador Marleny. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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Summary of Phase 1 of our Ambassador Program in Venezuela. 🇻🇪
📍4 Cities
🙋22 Ambassadors
💁276 Recipients
💸$17,880 Distributed
📈91% Spent at Official Stores
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We created this video showing a bit about how GiveCrypto.org works. Enjoy! piped.video/NdFEmXQe-HE
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Our end of year review summarizes results from the RCT and gives an update on the donation marketplace and Coinbase integrations.
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Junior lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo and used the crypto to pay rent and buy food. He was recruited by Ambassador Christian. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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January's update describes our decision to pivot from the donation marketplace and gives an update on the emigration loan recipients.
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Here is a recording of our fundraising dinner in San Francisco, with Coinbase CEO @brian_armstrong piped.video/7sP9yiOYp0c
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November's update includes a summary of improvements to the marketplace, a donor survey and an end-of-year fundraising push.
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Maribel lives in Venezuela and used the crypto to purchase medication. She was recruited by Ambassador Juan. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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GiveCrypto's November update....making some impact and learning valuable lessons.
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Venezuelan Ambassador Pilot activity May 29th - June 4th:
👩⚖️ - New ambassadors - 1
🙋♂️ - New recipients - 24
💸 - Crypto sent to recipients & ambassadors - $3,400
🧾 - Purchases made by recipients & ambassadors - $1,399
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Faith is a single mother in Nigeria. She used the crypto to enroll her daughters in school. She was recruited by Ambassador Amos. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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We are excited to announce the soft launch of our crypto donation marketplace. If you or someone you know is in need, please create an account and make a funding request. If you are selected by a donor, you will get weekly payments ($12-$52) for 6 weeks.
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Cécile lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She used the crypto to pay school fees for her sons. She was recruited by Ambassador Christian. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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The current state of the decentralized charity ecosystem.
@BitGiveOrg @BitHopeOrg @thecharitymine @givebytes @aid_coin @Pinkcoin_ @BitPay @CoinText @BitPesa @theairtm @FidelityChrtbl @Give_Directly @Ripple @ZcashFoundation @Pineapple_Fund @charitywater
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Phase 2 of the Venezuelan ambassador pilot is underway. See the lessons we learned from phase 1.
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February's update describes the recent launch of our automated ambassador program, provides some details on how we are recruiting ambassadors and shares the unintended (positive) consequences of a bug.
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John lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He used the crypto to pay his school fees and buy some food. He was recruited by Ambassador Christian. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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GiveCrypto's September update includes a summary of the Venezuelan Ambassador Program, news on our work in the Bahamas and a stablecoin savings experiment.
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March's update gives some details on ambassador recruiting, shows an example of how we might enhance the photos/videos generated by our recipients and considers a modest change to our treasury management.
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Here is a summary of our measured impact from Phases 1 & 2 of the Venezuelan Ambassador Program.
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Happy new year. Here is GiveCrypto's December update. Looking forward to an active and impactful 2019. buff.ly/2Vj2U4M
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October's update includes the feature complete launch of the donation marketplace (feedback appreciated), discusses some trade-offs regarding user information collection and shares results of the RCT.
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April was a busy month; we launched our Ambassador Pilot in #Venezuela, significantly our software program and participated in a #Coinbase hackathon.
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Crypto Won’t Fix Venezuela’s Problems, but It Can Make a Difference - medium.com/givecrypto/crypto…
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GiveCrypto recently experimented with our ambassador model in Bangladesh, targeting Rohingya refugees in the Kutupalong refugee camp. Here is the story of how it was implemented.
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February's update discusses phase 4 of the Venezuelan Ambassador Program, an uptick in inbound donations and an experiment with a somewhat unique crypto-native financial service.
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Curious how money is spent in traditional charities? Here is the result of some recent research.
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Here is our first 'story'....about a project we did in Bangladesh, giving crypto to Rohingya refugees.
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Here is a summary of the technology we have built to help us target, distribute and track cryptocurrency donations.
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GiveCrypto's August update describes some of the trade-offs we made while developing the crypto donation marketplace and gives a more detailed look at the RCT data.
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GiveCrypto’s October 2018 Monthly Report by Joe Waltman link.medium.com/7jpxv921tR
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Happy Halloween. October's report gives details on our first randomized controlled trial, post-program crypto usage and recipient spending patterns.....scary stuff.
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In the spirit of transparency, here is GiveCrypto's first board deck. Your input/feedback is appreciated.
Donate at givecrypto.org
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November's report gives an overview of this year's progress and our plans for the future.
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December's update includes details on our soon-to-launch randomized controlled trial, some financial service experimentation and a summary of our recent donor dinner.
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June's monthly update gives more detail on our refocused product strategy and shares data from the latest round of the RCT's impact survey.
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Our August monthly report has impact data from phase 2 of the Venezuelan Ambassador Program
"We found statistically significant reductions in food insecurity and several measures of psychological well-being, which suggests that our program is working."
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July's update includes summary impact data for the RCT (which ended a few weeks ago), an update on the crypto donation marketplace and a discussion of our fraud prevention/detection tactics.
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We were able to use crypto to help #Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh a few months ago. Here is a short video about the project.
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Here is last week's activity for the Ambassador Pilot in Venezuela:
👩⚖️ - New ambassadors - 7
🙋♂️ - New recipients - 119
💸 - Crypto sent to recipients & ambassadors - $2,990
🧾 - Purchases made by recipients & ambassadors - $3,048
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March's monthly update covers the recently launched Venezuelan Ambassador Program and how GiveCrypto should (or shouldn't) respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
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Here is last week's activity for the Ambassador Pilot in Venezuela:
👩⚖️ - New ambassadors - 0
🙋♂️ - New recipients - 48
💸 - Crypto sent to recipients & ambassadors - $3,320
🧾 - Purchases made by recipients & ambassadors - $3,952
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Joe Waltman talked about our work in Venezuela on .@YahooFinance with .@zGuz and .@heidi_chung
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Our monthly report for March - getting ready to launch our new project in Venezuela.
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April's monthly report provides a sneak peek at impact data from the RCT, introduces a crypto remittance trial and describes a tough decision that the COVID-19 crisis forced us to make regarding our emigration loan program.
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Here are the numbers for last week's Ambassador Pilot in Venezuela:
👩⚖️ - New ambassadors - 2
🙋♂️ - New recipients - 37
💸 - Crypto sent to recipients & ambassadors - $380
🧾 - Purchases made by recipients & ambassadors - $338
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How I Went from Serial Entrepreneur to Crypto Cheerleader in Six Months
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We recently launched our Ambassador Pilot in Venezuela.....here is a breakdown of our first week:
👩⚖️ - New ambassadors - 10
🙋♂️ - New recipients - 93
💸 - Crypto sent to recipients & ambassadors - $1,030
🧾 - Purchases made by recipients & ambassadors - $658
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We had an eventful January as we transitioned from rapid experimentation to platform development.
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Phase 1 of the Venezuelan Ambassador Pilot is coming to a close and we are getting ready to launch phase 2. Here are the total numbers to date for phase 1:
👩⚖️ - Ambassadors - 24
🙋♂️ - Recipients - 337
💸 - Crypto sent - $21,548 (84.3 ETH)
🧾 - Purchases made - $20,313 (79.5 ETH)
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Eury lives in the Dominican Republic and used the crypto to pay his rent and buy some food. He was recruited by Ambassador Marleny. Donate so we can help more people - buff.ly/3wMlbdE
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Curious about how crypto donations impact your taxes? We have compiled all of the relevant details in this post, thanks to the help of our rockstar accountant Alex Roytenberg.
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What lessons can charities learn from the #leanstartup movement? We believe quite a few.....
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"Instead of looking at charity as a means to swoop in and fix problems, bottom-up organizations look at philanthropy as an engagement opportunity."
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July's monthly report includes phase 1 impact results for the Venezuelan Ambassador Program, a new cash-out partner as well as Q2 and Q3 OKRs.
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September's update includes the soft launch of our crypto donation marketplace, describes how we are dealing with the high gas prices and shares an integration with Coinbase.
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“If we didn’t have crypto, I don’t know how we would do this in a place like Venezuela”
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Since it’s illegal for Rohingya refugees to own phones, distributing the cryptocurrency was challenging. Thankfully, many refugees have found a way to use cell phones. We were able to use #CoinText, which recently launched its service in Bangladesh.
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We wrote up an overview of our ambassador model for giving; how it works, what we have learned and what is next.
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Because the world is made better when people like Hasibul are empowered to make a difference in their communities, we’re committed to using cryptocurrency to fuel those actions.
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After some searching, however, Hasibul found a refugee, who sells food and basic supplies, willing to accept crypto for payment.
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And, in the meantime, we feel satisfied that, despite the barriers between the digital world of cryptocurrency and the tragic living situation of the Rohingya people, 21 refugees and their families were able to the necessary supplies to live a little better.
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While it would be easy to dismiss the project’s positive impact as anecdotal, we at GiveCrypto feel it’s a compelling example of the value of the ambassador model. We have recently started building a platform that will allow us to deploy the concept at scale.
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From there, we set up a rather manual process where the vendor sent us the crypto he collected each week and, in return, we send him the equivalent amount of Bangladesh’s local currency (Taka) via a mobile money service.
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On a related note, Hasibul was briefly detained by the authorities during a follow-up visit to the camp.
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@bukele Hi from GiveCrypto (Coinbase's charity). Would love to send you some ideas for bitcoin charitable work in El Salvador. What is the best way to get in touch?
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The complexity of the local regulations means that this particular project likely isn’t scalable and that we would have to get formal approval if we wanted to help a larger number of refugees.
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It’s important to note that the rules around doing aid work in Kutupalong are unclear. We got conflicting information about the approvals needed for us to enter the camp, because of this, we decided to ask forgiveness rather than permission in order to help those in need.
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A bit of background on the ambassador model. We provide funds to ambassadors with local knowledge who can direct funds to the neediest people. We hope that their strong community ties suggest stronger desire to help those around them.
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Despite spotty reporting due to government censorship, many believe the Myanmar army has committed an on-going genocide against the Rohingya since 2016, causing a massive wave of migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh and killing nearly 10,000 people.
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Sorry for the slow reply. We are using an ambassador invitation system for the current phase of our project.....we can't accept any inbound requests (right now).
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@souleymaneMinni Hi. We are looking for ambassadors to help us distribute crypto to people in need. Want to help? If interested, please DM with your mobile number (we will send an invite via SMS). Here is more info about a similar program in Venezuela - rct.givecrypto.org.
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@AmanGurdov Hi. We are a charity that gives cryptocurrency to people in need. Would you like to help? We just need you to tell us who in your community should receive our funds. Please send us a DM if interested.
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When we told Hasibul about our desire to help residents of the refugee camp by distributing cryptocurrency, he immediately volunteered to take the 10–12 hour bus ride from Dhaka.
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A few years ago, Hasibul had been moved by the plight of the Rohingya people, who had been driven from Myanmar by its government into refugee camps in Bangladesh. He felt a special connection to them as he is also Muslim and from a village near the Myanmar border.
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@Axana_BM Hi. We are a charity that gives cryptocurrency to people in need. Would you like to help? We just need you to tell us who in your community should receive our funds. Please send us a DM if interested. We will invite you into the program. Thanks.
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