Raising Bitcoin To Provide Potable Water for Brazilian Dam Burst Victims
It doesn't matter how many good deeds you have done, it's always that one bad move which people always remember. I guess that's what being human means and the same applies to bitcoin as well. While most people consider bitcoin and Silk Road two sides of the same coin, the bitcoin community in Brazil is trying to alleviate the aftermath of the recent dam burst. Earlier this month, a dam in Marianna, Brazil owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst and precipitated the collapse of another dam. While the immediate causalities included 9 dead, 19 missing and 500 displaced, the aftermath is....
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The Swedish Bitcoin company, BTCX allows people from across the world to make bitcoin donations towards WaterAid. The benefits of bitcoin for the non-profit sector is already well-known. Making use of these benefits is WaterAid, a global nonprofit working towards providing potable water, and ensuring proper sanitation and hygiene to those who can’t afford it. The NGO has recently announced its partnership with BTCX to raise funds for its operations in the form of bitcoins. The bitcoin donation campaign is an initiative of the Swedish arm of WaterAid along with BTCX, which also happens to....
The Water Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization providing sustainable water projects to sub-Saharan African communities, has launched a new bold initiative, with the help of bitcoin. The organization has introduced a new program named "The Water Promise," which combines high-tech remote monitoring with local repair teams to ensure that water is reliable and self-sustainable in the long term. Each bitcoin donation will be allocated to one of 42 new sensor-enabled water projects in Kenya managed by the organization. The Water Project team is looking for donations as little as 0.196 BTC to....
The BitGive Foundation has announced that it has surpassed its $10,000 fundraising goal, raising more than $11,000 for The Water Project. Georgia-based bitcoin merchant processor BitPay has announced plans to support the BitGive Foundation in its efforts to raise money for The Water Project, a non-profit that seeks to provide for safe drinking water in Africa. BitGive is aiming to raise $10,000 in BTC, and kickstarted the campaign by donating the first 2 BTC earlier this year. Now, BitPay has pledged to match 1 BTC, provided bitcoin users first donate the equivalent amount. The second....
The Clean Water Coin Initiative is the first ever coin designed and developed to be a nonprofit organization. What does that mean? We are a registered Nonprofit Organization and we’ve created a Crypto Charity and coin that lets a community actively participate in helping provide clean water. To do that we've teamed up with CharityWater.org so that we can create campaigns and raise funds for clean water projects. Also, the community can easily track exactly how we are doing by visiting our campaign page. Cointelegraph.com sat down with the founder of Clean Water Coin, Zach Mettra, to....