The UN’s WFP Uses the Blockchain to Feed Hungry Families
The World Food Programme (WFP) is utilizing the Ethereum blockchain to distribute cash assistance to the world’s hungriest families, demonstrating that the technology can aid humanitarian organizations to safely and quickly send help to nations who need it the most. In a WFP press release, Farman Ali, from the WFP Karachi provincial office, said: Blockchain can revolutionize the way WFP delivers assistance to vulnerable families across the globe. It can bring us closer to the people we serve and allow us to respond much faster. As the food-assistance branch of the United Nations and the....
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