UN to re-use Ethereum to help more than 10,000 Syrian refugees

Blockchain proposes not only changes in financial systems but also more egalitarian and inclusive societies. To this end, the United Nations International Organization (UN) has used decentralized technologies to provide aid to those most in need. In these actions stands out the World Food Program (WFP) managing to feed more than 10,000 Syrian refugees through the blockchain of Ethereum .

According to news sources , on the last days of May, the WFP successfully completed tests of the platform that will allow the United Nations to send direct monetary assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan, as well as to finance and monitor the arrival of cargoes of Food to these families.