Rahat
{"type": "project", "title": "Rahat", "logoImg": "bafkreig3jgdcbydjmwlcueb7rjwhymiqs2gjske4qjm7m4b57ccmgz654u", "website": "https://rahat.io", "bannerImg": "bafybeie6u4v3sqznyzqzghmpdde2aqeysteqp2ykih2axyaldmouvlaqfy", "createdAt": 1670519051773, "userGithub": "santosh-rumsan", "credentials": {}, "description": "With ​​the impact of climate change and emergent conflicts, there’s been a rapid rise in the need for humanitarian assistance globally. But with a 1.7 billion unbanked population, reaching the most vulnerable is very challenging. Also, aid distribution projects are inefficient, expensive and opaque; usually plagued with the challenges of potential fraud and mismanagement. This begs the question if aid money is reaching the ones who need it the most.\n\nWe are addressing these challenges with Rahat. Rahat is an open source cash and voucher assistance management platform to support vulnerable communities and to help humanitarian organizations build greater financial inclusion.\n\nRahat uses ERC20 tokens that can be pegged to cash and/or commodities. We’ve built easy access to aid for beneficiaries by using SMS, QR codes, NFC cards or digital wallets. Even unbanked beneficiaries can use their feature phones as a digital bank giving them the ability to easily redeem part or all of their cash assistance at their will. Aid agencies can use Rahat to manage their flow of funds with verifiable transactions and real-time monitoring without compromising on security and privacy.\n\nLast year, with UNICEF Venture fund’s support, we developed and tested our solution impacting over 5200 beneficiaries including women in maternity and school children in Nepal. We are currently in the midst of a large-scale pilot with UNICEF Nepal and the local government to support vulnerable households in rural Nepal.\n\nWith the funds we are raising, we are now looking to scale and expand in Asia, LatAm and Africa.\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "eSatya", "projectTwitter": "rahataid"}