- 4 million people supported each month
- US$529 million in cash-based transfers processed to date
- US$3 million in bank fees saved
Building Blocks is the world’s largest implementation of blockchain technology for humanitarian assistance; currently assisting 1 million people in Bangladesh and Jordan, enabling them to securely access and receive multiple forms of assistance from different organizations via one access point.
In 2022, BB was deployed in Ukraine to help coordinate assistance to those affected by the conflict. As a result, between 1 May and 31 August 2022, 18 organizations used BB to flag potential unintended assistance overlap in US$337 million of assistance to 1 million unique households. Accordingly, BB prevented US$35 million of unintended assistance overlap, translating to an additional 185,000 possible transfers. thanks to the inter-organizational collaboration.
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BB offers its codebase and knowledge for free to all reputable humanitarian organizations who join. The objective is for new members to help improve the shared network, deploying it for their own operations while also offering their developments for free to other members. This way, the equally owned and jointly operated network can grow organically into a comprehensive tool for the entire humanitarian community to increase the synergistic impact of limited donor resources.
Contact: Suzanne WFP (after Devcon)