Blockchain technology is uniquely poised to solve a number of refugee-specific problems, including efficient and cheap cross-border distribution of aid funds, micro-payments, access to massive pools of public goods funding ($1b+/month) for users of the technology, access to other forms of blockchain-based micro-work and work that relies on crypto payment rails, secure and resilient storage of value during emergency border crossings and forced diaspora, secure and resilient documentation of “proof of refugee” status for asylum cases, and secure and resilient identity credentials for stateless persons fleeing authoritarian regimes. Web2 and traditional banking rails are simply not equipped (or not willing) to tackle these issues, due to the specific nature of the refugee population’s pain points which are not serviced by incumbent institutions.
Born from a series of public goods funding events, our organization has evolved into a key player in experimenting with blockchain for social impact, supporting a growing community of open-source developers dedicated to creating digital public goods. 
David Casey is the founder of ReSource (now StableCredit - a mutual credit protocol), and a Celo Scout who has onboarded 7+ projects into the Celo ecosystem. David has spent over 11 years implementing crypto in emerging markets for last-mile use cases. Storyteller Kim Buisson sharpened her pen as Global Marketing Director at L'Oréal and co-founder of a global creative agency Whooden/Studios. Co-creator of American Refugee Committee (Alight) Mike Zuckerman has joined the RefugeeNet project, in addition to Nesma Bensalem, producer of World Bank project ‘Uprooted: The Resilience of Refugees’, and cryptographer Duke Jones, CEO of Identikey.
Akashic, leveraging partnerships and blockchain technology, represents an ambitious step towards providing tangible support and empowerment to one of the world's most vulnerable populations. We believe this initiative will not only address immediate needs but also pave the way for scalable, blockchain-driven humanitarian solutions globally.

[RefugeeNet Deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LZ_xeXfNf5vT1daGcXxnLURt34SvP-2Uw6kxuRRE9tM/)
