Rohingya Decentralized Identity and Community Building
summary
Project builds a blockchain-backed platform serving ~3 million Rohingya with no documentation, combining R-ID decentralized identity (community-based verification via one-minute Rohingya-language videos plus 2–3 local verifiers and follow-up calls), an education arm R-Academy and Heritage Archive (art academy launched 2024, pilot with University of Washington 2019), a Community Exchange using token incentives, offline QR fallback for low-connectivity camps, and bootstrap crowdfunding; pilots run and services are already deployed to diaspora communities.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:25Rohingya identity crisis
- 1:49Who are the Rohingya
- 3:18Life in refugee camps
- 4:20Rohena Project
- 5:48Decentralized identity system
- 6:51Community verification process
- 7:32Mobile access challenges
- 8:35Funding and recognition goals
- 9:40Future legal identity plans
- 10:02Security against identity abuse
- 10:43Q&A
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