Ebola Fight Turns to Bitcoin to Deliver Results in Africa
A dearth of donations for fighting Ebola is leading those on the frontline to consider Bitcoin as a major tool for change – and are introducing the currency across affected African countries. From Sierra Leone to Liberia and internationally, the community is turning to Bitcoin to resolve the difficulties hampering the current fiat-based effort to stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far claimed almost 4,000 victims, with the vast majority in West Africa. Live Ebola Map, which shows updated information about the spread and mortality rate of the disease, is now accepting Bitcoin alongside....
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Ebola, a deadly disease, has wreaked havoc in countries in Western Africa for almost a year. Thousands have died and continue to die. Bitcoin Against Ebola, a non-profit initiative created by Beam, allows people to send Bitcoins (that are converted to Sierra Leonean leones) to Sierra Leone to support the efforts to contain Ebola. Bitcoin Against Ebola has a nice interface which lets you to choose from three charities to donate to: Build on Books, LunchBoxGift, and Sierra Leone Liberty Group. Here are descriptions of each from the Bitcoin Against Ebola website: Build on Books: Children who....
Bitcoin Shop, operator of a bitcoin eCommerce marketplace, announced its plans to donate 50% of its economic gross profits to Africare, a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. Africare is currently fighting the spread of Ebola across the western part of Africa while strengthening local health care systems, supplying personal protective equipment and administering behavior change education to try to prevent the disease from spreading. Africare has raised over $50,000 to date towards their goal of $100,000 to help stop the current Ebola outbreak. Bitcoin Shop is encouraging he use....
Sierra Leone Liberty Group at a local hospital. A group of entrepreneurs promoting bitcoin in western Africa has reminded the world of the dire situation it faces as its daily fight to stop the spread of Ebola continues. The Sierra Leone Liberty Group (SLLG), initially formed to promote free enterprise and libertarian ideals as the path to prosperity in the country, has continued to promote its message despite the frequent need to jump in and assist members' fellow countrymen more directly. According to leader Mustapha Cole, the group has worked with Ministry of Health vehicles alongside....
The NGO Doctors Without Borders, through one of its affiliated fundraisers, launched an online challenge called "A Day Without Touch" in order to collect funds for the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The affiliated organization accepts Bitcoin and other digital currencies, providing the easiest way to donate to this global epidemic. Also read: Largest Nonprofit Charity, United Way, United with Bitcoin. "Ebola Is Moving Fast, We Need to Move Faster". Funds raised through this campaign will be specifically « earmarked for Ebola» according to the organisation. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins....
An alliance of local African free-market pioneers that formed to promote bitcoin's economic benefits has put its campaign on hold to join the fight against Ebola, the virus currently ravaging parts of West Africa. The Sierra Leone Liberty Group (SLLG) is seeking to raise donations via bitcoin as a demonstration of the digital currency's efficiency. In doing so, the group hopes to show how a grassroots organization can start to build a bitcoin ecosystem with limited resources. The world's worst-ever outbreak of Ebola began to spread through Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia in March of this....