How Samuel uses nano to support orphanages in Lagos – crypto for good

Came across this and thought it was a cool story on people really using crypto to make a difference in the world, even in small ways. Tl;dr someone using crypto to make it easy to donate to orphanages in Lagos. Lightly edited from original here.

Over the past 12 months, Samuel Olapade (an ambassador for Nano) has led educational events online and face to face. And he's passionate about combining his work for the nano community with support for worthy causes in his own community.

“Life is all about giving back when you understand that there are people that really need your help in one area or the other.”

His latest project sees him turning these words into action. Samuel organised outreach projects to three orphanages in his community in Lagos – Saint Stephen Orphanage, House of Mercy Garden Home and Precious Pearls Orphanage.

https://preview.redd.it/5p7id2dm042a1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=c1bfd421cbb90822ac375ed64f912a59f01c79c4

As well as donating food and other essentials, Samuel set up nano wallets for each orphanage, meaning they can now receive donations for free, from anywhere in the world. He will also help them offramp the funds and support with however they wish to use them.

"Donations have been the key tools organisations use when it comes to fundraising. The currency to be used has to be easy to access, transparent in terms of transaction history, acceptable globally, and easy to exchange.

“Donations are one of the core use cases because it is easy to transfer from any part of the world. Our Nigeria team pushed for this in order to bring awareness to the use of Nano in the country as a currency acceptable in terms of donation.”

If you want to support the orphanages, you can donate directly via the wallets linked below.

House of Mercy:
Nano address
Saint Stephen:
Nano address
Precious Pearls:
Nano address