metadata: {"type": "project", "title": "Rahat", "logoImg": "bafkreie75nkusiiiypz7zlsvx5latsov2nszulv365j4gsjrblxmwryime", "website": "https://rahat.io", "bannerImg": "bafkreievyugsju5iktlx7yksjdjgizdopydxweslrtvj564yfekt4yyara", "createdAt": 1718219941435, "userGithub": "", "credentials": {}, "description": "Introduction\n\nRahat is a digital Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) management system that uses\nmobile-based blockchain tokens for emergency response and recovery programs for\nhumanitarian agencies for aid distribution. It is based on blockchain technology to distribute\ncash and commodities through digital tokens to the beneficiaries. It enables the token\ndistribution digitally through mobile phones using One-Time-Password (OTP) which would be\nverified by the merchants\u2019 mobile app through a blockchain network.\n\n\nProblems\n\nNepal is highly susceptible to natural hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, and is\ncurrently struggling with a COVID-19 outbreak. These situations are intensified with a significant\npopulation living in extreme poverty. At the point when fiascos strike, delivering aid quickly to\nthe affected is vital. But, it was found that distributing aid at times takes around three to six\nmonths or even more, here in Nepal.\n\n\nObjectives\n\u25cf Implement and pilot blockchain-based relief distribution system in Nepal.\n\u25cf Improve the speed, security, transparency, safety, and cost-effectiveness of cash and\nvoucher programming through the use of mobile phones for humanitarian agencies.\n\u25cf Conduct a CVA program with minimal physical contact.\n\nSolution\nTo overcome the barriers in the aid distribution and to help the local communities get involved in\nthe aid distribution process, the idea of Rahat was ignited.\nRahat is an application incubated and built-in-house at eSatya-a blockchain-based company.\nRahat hints at the aid or relief distribution. Rahat uses mobile-based blockchain tokens which\nenables transparent and faster fund transfer to recipients.\nRahat\u2019s main goal is to make humanitarian aid distribution simple, efficient, and transparent.\nWhen disaster strikes, getting aid to the affected is the priority. With the elimination of physical\ncash and vouchers in the aid process, Rahat hopes to plug leakages in CVA and make sure that\nhelp reaches the intended people on time.\n\nHow does it work?\nRahat manages and monitors the flow of transactions in cash distribution projects maintaining\nend-to-end transparency among various stakeholders i.e. reduces cost (transaction cost,\nadministrative cost, audit cost) and time. This ensures faster fund transfer to the beneficiaries\nalong with the provision of real-time visibility into the flow of funds to the aid agency. Rahat\nprovides relief agencies, government humanitarian agencies to easily set up, deploy, initiate,\nand monitor relief projects.\nRahat platform includes an online dashboard, an app, a digital wallet, and a text message\nfeature. Aid agencies use their online dashboard to onboard vendors and assign relief funds to\nregistered recipients. Recipients receive a text message with a relief token in their mobile\nphones. They use their digital token to connect with the participating local vendors\u2019 Rahat app\nand buy items or cash out money. The vendor then uses the Rahat app to receive cash through\nbank transfers. The aid agencies can monitor all transactional information in real-time through\ntheir Rahat dashboard.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectGithub": "", "projectTwitter": "rahataid"}
name: Rahat