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Over 110 million people have been displaced and are on the move today. Each one is staring down the impossible decision to leave everything behind. As these figures grow yearly, aid organizations worldwide work tirelessly to meet the need. For years, they have collaborated with the tech sector to innovate to deliver assistance faster, as speed is of the essence in humanitarian action.

But a problem this urgent requires new thinking. The challenges are significant. So is the opportunity to make a difference.

Dive deeper into the current barriers that stand in the way of organizations delivering aid with IRC President David Miliband.

The problem

THE REALITIES OF AID

One year ago, the UNHCR launched a first-of-its-kind aid disbursement system built on blockchain – Stellar Aid Assist – to deliver funds to people throughout Ukraine

 enabling the delivery of urgently-needed cash assistance to vulnerable populations quickly and transparently.

Big problems require new thinking 

THE FUTURE OF HUMANITARIAN AID

It takes an ecosystem

POWERING GLOBAL AID DELIVERY

One year since the program in Ukraine launched, UNHCR’s pilot program of Stellar Aid Assist has disbursed more than $1.1 million dollars to over 1500 individuals. The Stellar Disbursement Platform, the powerful tech powering disbursements, has been rebuilt, open-sourced and leveraged for bulk payments globally. A new regions and new organizations are on the horizon.

A year in review

$1 million disbursed

Every technological advance starts as an idea, dreamt by someone pushing to solve the unsolvable, and refusing to accept that the status quo is good enough. Meet the people behind Stellar Aid Assist, a first-of-its-kind aid disbursement system.

Meet the innovators

BUILDING FOR RESILIENCE

At this year's Art Basel, we celebrated life and art with an event in partnership with 

, a shelter in Mexico City that houses people on their journey to rebuilding their lives. The funds were disbursed directly to tenants of the shelter using the Stellar Disbursement Platform, the same technical deployment that powers Stellar Aid Assist and delivers aid to displaced individuals and families in Ukraine.

The realities for people on the move

FACING THE UNKNOWN, BUT NOT ALONE

For more on the pilots in partnership with UNHCR read the case study.

How it works

STELLAR AID ASSIST IN UKRAINE 

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We are pioneering the future of humanitarian aid delivery on the Stellar network. In collaboration with leading international aid organizations, the Stellar Development Foundation launched Stellar Aid Assist, a first-of-its-kind aid disbursement system that been used to deliver more than $1.1 million in urgently-needed cash assistance to vulnerable populations quickly and transparently. 

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