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Rosemary Farming in Kenya: The Current State of Rosemary Cultivation in Kenya

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) farming in Kenya has seen a notable increase in interest and activity over recent years. This aromatic perennial herb, known for its culinary, medicinal, and ornamental uses, has become an attractive crop for Kenyan farmers due to its resilience, relatively low maintenance, and high market demand both locally and internationally. Rodger Kipembe on his Rosemary…

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here we are! ,marito x marito “Sorry… your hair was in your face… thought I should move it so I could see you better.” “Shut up and kiss me.” your dear anon

You ask for Winnix (just to be sure everyone knows what ‘marito x marito’ means in @cielo-chii‘s own language) and I shall give you *drum rolls* fem!Winnix! (I wanted to try!)

It was the New Year and Louise Nixon was, predictably, drunk as a skunk and very satisfied about it.

The last semester of college had been absolute hell, with Professor Etta Sobel’s classes on Roman military history at the top of the horror scale.Louise had been good at classical history studies, one of the best students at Yale, before they changed professorship and Sobel’s reign of terror had started.

This evening party had been well needed to let the pent up stress go and enjoy winter vacation before having to return to campus and dive right back into her De Bello Gallico books and notes.

The party was being held at his grandparents estate in New Jersey and a lot of young people her age had been invited along their parents, to meet the American higher society of wealthy and refined people they were soon going to be a part of after graduation.

Louise couldn’t care less about the rich, old couples her parents and grandparents had business with, so with all the other college students and younger-than-30 guests she had snuck out of the main mansion and set up an alternative party in the dependance, with music and booze and the most good-looking descendants of wealth in the United States.

Included one Ruth Winters, daughter of daddy Nixon’s most reliable business consultant, the girl Louise had been chasing after for decades.

With red hair and blue eyes and a smile to die for, how could Louise resist?

That was why, for the entire duration of the evening, she had been resolutely following his plan of getting drunk enough to work up the courage to ask Ruth out and maybe get a midnight kiss, being it the New Year and all.

Getting drunk was for sure being the easiest part of the plan (Lou could well be world champion at it), but striking up a conversation with Winters only happened after Diane Kenya Webster (Lou’s most loyal friend from childhood, despite the literature student deciding to become an Harvard alumni and leaving Louise alone at Yale with crazy Rosemary Speirs as a roommate) shove her down on the empty couch seat next to Ruth and then immediately disappeared with a lame excuse, leaving them alone.

Lou just laughed nervously and then almost hysterically, catching Ruth’s attention but only because the polite redhead turned to look at her and asked in a concerned tone: “Are you alright?”

“Yeah! Yeah, just… having fun. Chillin’, you know?” she replied, not sure if she could handle looking directly into Ruth’s beautiful eyes.She just stared down at her last glass of wine, wishing for a second Diane would come back with a bottle of Vat 69 from her grandfather’s stash.She needed far more booze in her system to have a conversation with her crush.

“And you? Having fun?” she asked, still laughing aimlessly.

Ruth didn’t reply, but she suddenly shifted closer, lifting her hand to brush Louise’s long dark strands of hair out of her face (funny, she hadn’t realised they were half covering her eyes!).

“Sorry… your hair was in your face… thought I should move it so I could see you better.” she apologised quickly, looking shy.

And see better she did, because suddenly they were face to face and closer than ever, looking directly into each other’s eyes and Ruth seemed strangely breathless, pink in the face, awestruck. Could be…?

Around them the other guests had turned very quiet, then suddenly they heard cheering and a loud countdown being chanted.

“I… I mean, are you…” was blabbering Ruth, but Louise’s intoxicated mind was already telling her to carpe diem (damned Sobel and her Latin sayings!) before the situation turned weird and awkward: she placed her index finger on Ruth’s half-open mouth and ordered: “Shut up and kiss me.” in a breathless whisper, right when the countdown was reaching the 3… 2…1…

And, in retrospect, that could have turned the situation weird and awkward, but Nixon realised it a bit too late and it was midnight of the New Year anyway.What was done was done.

And what was done caused Ruth to close her eyes and crush their lips together, giving Louise Nixon her first kiss of the New Year and (possibly)(hopefully) of their long lives of shared love and romance.

(I’m a sucker for fem!BoB characters and I hope I get to write a full fic about all of my babes sooner or later! Hope you liked it despite the fic not being ‘marito x marito’ but rather ‘moglie x moglie’!)

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The Clipboard

By Stephen Harold Riggins

Books and Theses

Rosemary Ricciardelli, Also Serving Time: Canada’s Provincial and Territorial Correctional Officers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2019.

Peter Baehr, The Unmasking Style in Social Thought. London: Routledge, 2019. A symposium on this book is forthcoming in The Canadian Review of Sociology.

The symposium in The American Sociologist is now available as Online-first Articles.

Daniel Kudla, “Business Improvement Areas and the Justification of Urban Revitalization: Using the Pragmatic Sociology of Critique to Understand Neoliberal Urban Governance.” PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, September 2019.

Articles

 Judith Adler, “Tocqueville Mortal and Immortal: Power and Style.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 45-64.

 Judith Adler, American Journal of Sociology, 124(6), 2019, 1848-1850. A book review of Gary Alan Fine’s Talking Art: The Culture of Practice and the Practice of Culture in MFA Education. “Gary Fine’s ethnographic study of three university-based graduate programs in art is sure to be recognized as an essential text in the sociology of art and the sociology of higher education.”

 Peter Baehr, “Unmasking Religion: Marx’s Stance, Tocqueville’s Alternative.” In The Anthem Companion to Alexis de Tocqueville, Daniel Gordon (Ed.). London: Anthem, 2019, 21-44.

 Emmanuel Banchani and Eric Y. Tenkorang, “Determinants of Low Birth Weight in Ghana: Does Quality of Antenatal Care Matter,” Journal of Maternal and Child Health, February 2020. Online-first Article.

 Leslie Butler, Ewa M. Dabrowska and Barbara Neis, “Farm Safety: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Food Production in Newfoundland and Labrador,” Canadian Food Studies, 2019, 6(1), 117-135.

 Nilima Gulrajani and Liam Swiss, “Donor Proliferation to what ends? New Donor Countries and the Search for Legitimacy,” Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 40(3), 348-368.

J. Scott Kenney, “Western Civilization, Inequality, and the Diversity Shell Game,” Academic Questions, 2019, 32(3), 354-360.

Daniel Kudla, “Urban Authenticity as a Panacea for Urban Disorder? Business Improvement Areas, Cultural Power, and the Worlds of Justification.” In Planning and AuthentiCITIES. New York: Routledge, 2018, 75-93.

 Daniel Kudla and Michael Courey, “Managing Territorial Stigmatization from the ‘Middle’: The Revitalization of a Post-industrial Business Improvement Area,” Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 2019, 51(2), 351-373.

 Daniel Kudla and Patrick Parnaby, “To Serve and to Tweet: An Examination of Police-related Twitter Activity in Toronto,” Social Media and Society, 2018, 4(3), 1-13.

 Vincent Kuuire, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Prince Michael Amegbor, Mark Rosenberg, “Understanding Unmet Health-care Need among Older Ghanaians: A Gendered Analysis,” Aging and Society, January 2020. Online-first Article.

 Barbara Neis and Katherine Lippel, “Occupational Health and Safety and the Mobile Workforce: Insights from a Canadian Research Program,” New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy, 2019, 29(3), 297-316.

 Anton Oleinik, “On the Role of Historical Myths in Nation-state Building: The Case of Ukraine,” Nationalities Papers, 2019, 47(6), 1-17.

 Nicole Power and Moss Norman, “Re-inscribing Gender Relations through Employment-related Geographical Mobility: The Case of Newfoundland Youth in Resource Extraction,” Canadian Journal of Sociology, 2019, 44(3), 283-308.

 Alice Pearl Sedziafa, Eric Y. Tenkorang, Adobea Owusu, “Can Marriage (Re)produce and Legitimize Sexual Violence?: A Phenomenological Study of a Ghanaian Patrilineal Society,” Women’s Studies International Forum, 77, November-December, 2019.

 Jeffrey van den Scott and Lisa-jo K. van den Scott, “Imagined Engagements: Interpreting the Musical Relationship with the Canadian North,” Qualitative Sociology Review, 2019, 15(2), 90-104.

 Newsworthy

 Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott received the Helena Lopata Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.

 Rosemary Ricciardelli received the 2019 MUN Presidents Award for Outstanding Research.

 MA student Laura Squires was awarded the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Masters Graduate Scholarship in support of her MA thesis research. Her thesis project is titled “Are Correctional Programs in Newfoundland Effective? Examining the Experiences of Justice-involved Individuals with Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders.” Her supervisors were Adrienne Peters and Rose Ricciardelli.

 David Chafe (MUN PhD in sociology) was featured in a CBC Radio story about his career in business, academia, and music. David has recently released a recording of piano pieces titled Still. The launch of the disc can be seen on a YouTube video. Music on the disc includes pieces by Grieg, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, Moszkowski, and Rachmaninoff.

 Judyannet Muchiri, PhD Proposal Presentation, “Safe Spaces for Young Women’s Civic Participation in Kenya,” October 2019.

 The Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs featured a profile of MA student Ifeoma Ineh’s experiences of the MUN Entrepreneurship Training Program.

https://www.thenloweadvisor.org/post/profile-ifeoma-ineh

 The Department of Sociology sponsored the Henrietta Harvey Lecture “Writing Ocean Histories” by Helen Rozwadowski, Professor of History and Maritime Studies at the University of Connecticut and author of Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans.

 Janet Harron, “What we don’t know: Sociologist Collaborates with First Light to Uncover St. John’s Indigenous History,” The Gazette, September 18, 2019. The article features the work of Rochelle Coté.

https://gazette.mun.ca/public-engagement/what-we-dont-know/?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term&utm_content&utm_campaign&fbclid=IwAR0KtbcOtanqb4m0W_4jg6feELWMyBCBmlHk1hTgerNSLtkTGMx0Zz7ayrI

 Lecture by William Herbert, Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University, “Trans Rights as Risks: On the Ambivalent Implementation of Canada’s Groundbreaking Trans Prison Reform,” October 25, 2019.

 Stephen Harold Riggins and Paul Bouissac celebrated their fiftieth anniversary in Germany and France in October. Their relationship is documented in the book The Pleasures of Time: Two Men, a Life. (Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2003). Since retiring, Stephen has published two books of his photographs: Newfoundland, Ontario, Indiana: 1963-2018 and Quilt Blocks by Susan Ledgerwood. For the past two years he was been working on an edition of poems and interviews by Richard Brooks Hendrickson (1925-2019) in addition to his on-going research project about the history of the MUN Department of Sociology. Paul Bouissac’s seventh book on the anthropology of the circus appeared in 2018, The Meaning of the Circus: The Communicative Experience of Cult, Art, and Awe (London: Bloomsbury Academic Press).

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

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Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

Source link https://ift.tt/2tuU9ba

[cryptswahili]

Binance Debuts Blockchain Charity Initiative

Crypto isn’t known for its generosity, but Binance is using blockchain to increase transparency for donations. The Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the leading cryptocurrency market, has revealed a pilot program for cryptocurrency donations to Binance’s “Lunch For Children” Program.

The program was launched at a ceremony and lunch at the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre in Kampala, Uganda, on Tuesday. More than 500 students, parents and other guests attended, including the Minister of State for Primary Education, Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde.

The headmaster of the Jolly Mercy Learning Centre, Dr. James Ssekiwanuka, praised the innovative use of blockchain technology.

“It is not only a donation but a disruptive and significant combination of technology and charity,” Dr. James Ssekiwanuka said, “which enables a higher level of trust between stakeholders involved in this process, because people are protected from potential corruption that is vulnerable with middlemen.”

Although Uganda has long been a destination for aid, charity is also a business. High overhead and aid infrastructure means most beneficiaries see only a fraction of donated funds. Using blockchain technology, donors can trace every penny of their contributions.

According to Binance’s announcement, donations will be made directly to the cryptocurrency wallets of the childrens’ parents or guardians, who will then send those assets to the suppliers’ wallets for the students’ meals.

“Everything will be on the chain and can be verified by everyone,” Binance said.

“All the allocation records are demonstrated on the blockchain which is immutable,” Dr. Ssekiwanuka confirmed. “I firmly believe that the public trust and willingness to participate in this intervention will grow dramatically as the donors see their goodwill changing the lives of the students, in real time.”

In addition to Binance, the Zcoin team made a 24,000 donation. “We were intrigued especially when we learned how the funds were directly traceable to the direct end recipient and how they ensured that those cryptocurrencies could be spent on goods,” explained Reuben Yap, Zcoin’s COO.

He continued: “Although we’re a privacy coin, in this case, blockchain donations allows full end to end traceability of funds for transparency and accountability. We are hopeful that Lunch for Children sets a good first model in using cryptocurrency for donations and builds awareness of the potential of blockchain technology in charity.”

The inaugural program will feed 200 students for a full year, the BCF is already planning expansions to Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia. They eventually hope to benefit one million people in the developing world. 

Donations can be made in Binance Coin (BNB), Bitcoin (BTC) or Ethereum (ETH), and can be easily tracked, here. At present, Binance claims 51 donations to 95 beneficiaries, totaling 7.7 BTC, or over $30,000 USD at the current exchange rate.

The Lunch for Children program has pledged to continue uploading photographs and information as the project progresses.

The author is invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum, which are mentioned in this article. 

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