It is the world's largest organization to protect and improve children's living conditions. It was founded after World War II on December 11, 1946 and holds the Nobel Peace Prize for 1965. It is based in New York and has offices in 158 countries of the world.
The French office of this organization in a press release has announced that it will officially begin to receive donations in cryptocurrency. In addition to the most well-known cryptomeni - Bitcoin (BTC), contributions can also be sent in other digital currencies. In particular, BitcoinCash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Ripple (XRP), Eos (EOS), Monero (XMR), Dash (DASH) and Stellar (XLM).
Gifts in all supported cryptocurrency are currently being received directly through the French branch's website. UNICEF Director France Sébastien Lyon said in his comment:
"Cryptocurrency, along with blockchain technology, gives us new ways to reach out to the public, to develop our charity operations and to help children in countries struggling with war and other hazards."
The UNICEF office also pointed out that cryptocurrency and related technologies bring new opportunities for people to contribute occasionally, but currently only a few organizations use it. At the same time, however, he highlighted the positive trend in the area of donor spreading in the form of crypto contributions.
Two successful crypto campaigns
This is not the first initiative of the UN Children's Fund in which the digital currencies were used. In February, UNICEF launched a fundraising program to raise funds needed to protect and assist children suffering from civil war in Syria. The French UNICEF for this occasion came up with a campaign called "Game Chaingers," which focused mainly on computer players. The participants had to download and install a special mining application from the organization's website. Their computers were then used to extract Etherea. A total of about one thousand euros was spent, involving around 11,000 people.
This idea was also devoted to UNICEF's Australian office, and in May, through a specialized website called "The Hopepage" launched a similar campaign. Visitors are asked to provide part of the performance of their processor to Monero's cryptos throughout this site. You can donate between twenty to eighty percent of your computer's computing power. To date, more than 22,000 people have participated in the event. The used Monera will be used in this particular case to help children and mothers in Bangladesh.
conclusion
It is certainly positive that a humanitarian organization falling directly under the UN does not fear cryptocurrency and, on the contrary, seeks to use them as a great alternative to raising funds.