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In July 2021, the non-governmental organization (NGO) Save the Children in Rwanda announced it partnered with the Cardano Foundation on a project that allows well-wishers to make donations in the form of cryptocurrencies. Save the Children Meets ADA At the time, it was revealed that Save the Children’s acceptance of ADA donations was not the first time the non-governmental organization (NGO) had accepted crypto. In fact, Save the Children says it has been accepting donations in cryptocurrency form since 2013. However, some have questioned the wisdom of accepting donations in a form....
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Updated with comment from Ettore Rossetti, director of digital marketing and social media at Save the Children USA. Global charity Save the Children has announced it is now accepting bitcoin donations through a partnership with payment processor BitPay. The charity said it had started accepting bitcoin through its personalised BitPay donation page just in time for the winter holidays. "We have already seen the generosity of the bitcoin community, and working with BitPay allows us to keep 100% of the donations, helping us serve even more children," said Ettore Rossetti, director of digital....
An incredibly beautiful development has come to our notice. UNICEF and the H&M Conscious Foundation are using a new cryptocurrency, Unicoin to help disadvantaged children with access to early childhood care and education. What's even more captivating is the fact that this collaboration of the two leading humanitarian organizations will engage kids at an early age to contribute to the social good. UNICEF's Early Childhood Development program, aimed at serving the impoverished children across the globe, will utilize the Unicoin campaign to expand the reach of the program. UNICEF's Senior....
Cardano has announced that Rwanda’s Save the Children foundation had become the latest charity organization to embrace cryptocurrencies. The partnership came to fruition when Cardano had successfully installed a payment gateway that allowed the NGO to receive donations using Cardano’s native currency ADA. The statement released on the Save the Children website explained that thousands […]
For the philanthropist inside you, there is great news! Prominent charities running across the globe have now started receiving donations in the digital currency Bitcoin. Among the leading charities that have started embracing Bitcoin as a mode of soliciting funding are Save the Children, Greenpeace and American Red Cross. Ettore Rossetti, Director, Social Media and Digital Marketing at Save the Children said, "There is a sense that this is growing in acceptance in the nonprofit sector." Save the Children became a beneficiary of Bitcoin donations in fall 2013 and has since raised nearly....
What comes to mind first during the holiday season? Many are interested in purchasing gifts for friends and family members. Yet, there certainly is a need to give to those in need. During Bitcoin Black Friday, the BitGive Foundation successfully raised $4,850 in Bitcoin for the Save The Children's Philippines Relief Effort directing funds to the Typhoon Haiyan Children's Relief Fund. Bitcoin is simply the easiest way to send in and process donations to organizations providing relief around the world. BitGive Foundation's Executive Director, Connie Gallippi put out the following press....