The Role UNICEF Plays in Encouraging the “Impact Trinity”
summary
UNICEF funding and mentorship helps startups become certified digital public goods, convert code and docs into reusable open source assets, and pilot live projects that link blockchain to people. The pilot in Nepal runs with 1,500 households and about $150,000 in unconditional cash transfers, uses Dai stablecoin and seed-phraseless non‑custodial wallets, and reports real-time dashboards; main hurdles are oracles, UX for feature‑phone communities, and on‑the‑ground government onboarding.
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- 0:00UNICEF’s impact support
- 1:48Real-world impact challenges
- 8:09Equity and digital public goods
- 9:12Next Capita’s digital public good
- 14:17Blockchain cash transfers in Nepal
- 18:12Governments and blockchain adoption
- 20:22Cash-based transfers in impact
- 21:27Funding advice for impact startups
- 24:40Jose’s recommendations for founders
- 27:11Rumi’s team alignment insights
- 28:13Joining UNICEF’s impact initiatives
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