The refugee-merchant holding the tablet in this picture accepts cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and $PAC.
CriptoConserje together with our most committed partner, $PAC, is combining forces with other leading cryptos such as Bitcoin, Horizen, Ohmcoin, Electroneum, and Digibyte to battle the economic crisis in Venezuela. On average, 50,000 Venezuelan refugees pass through Cúcuta Colombia each week seeking work, food or asylum. $PAC is helping us by financially assisting populations in need through our innovative crypto-adoption program.
This project has been implemented in multiple phases in order to gradually scale and incorporate lessons and improved processes to better serve Venezuelans and Colombians in need.
The first phase of this project involved airdrops to 5 refugees. Participants were given a short explanation of cryptocurrencies and asked to complete a short quiz. After completing the quiz, each participant was awarded 5 USD worth of BTC as payment for participation in user adoption testing.
In the second phase of this project, $PAC airdrops were distributed to five refugees who, after completing a quiz about crypto correctly, each earned 5 USD worth of $PAC. Instead of converting crypto to fiat, participants were given the option to use their crypto to purchase food and medicine with one of the program’s merchant partners. These airdrops were very well received. The refugees were very thankful and expressing their gratitude to the fullest.
In collaboration with $PAC, our team has produced mini-documentaries about refugees in Cúcuta earning $PAC for participating in the user adoption Alpha test and buying products using cryptocurrency. Automatic Subtitle are available and we are working on releasing English dubbed versions soon.
In the latest phase of the project, $PAC airdrops reached 30 refugees, exceeding the initial goal of 20 participants. Our primary sponsor for this project was CryptoPT from Portugal. Thanks to their generous support, we have been able to introduce residents in Cúcuta to crypto.
Along with $PAC and others, we are committed to helping the people of Cúcuta by introducing innovative cryptocurrency merchant adoption programs. We are grateful to our supporters and funders.
“$PAC’s vision is to continue to help Cripto Conserje execute their stated goals of reaching 300,000 people in the city, that is a lot of #crypto4help and love in return!”
~Robin Matthes, $PAC Director of Charity
Cripto Conserje and $PAC welcome anyone to give and get some love and donate to:
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If you would like to help save entire families of Venezuelan refugees, please give it a second thought and donate.
Bonus Material
If you are interested to know more about $PAC’s latest achievements, then, by all means, keep reading. Together with some other Crypto’s such as Electroneum, $PAC is busy educating children on the ins and outs of using $PAC as a form of payment!
A video on children, learning-by-doing how transactions using $PAC work by paying for the water can be found here:
Also, If you would like to get a thank you message or other simple messages on video, please send a message on discord to @CriptoConserje or an e-mail to Criptoconserje@protonmail.com
Oct 30, 2018 -https://medium.com/@criptoconserje/alpha-crypto4help-in-c%C3%BAcuta-colombia-659068604c6f