The purpose of this Hackathon is to support student innovation in the blockchain for bridge the gap between technology and innovation by maximizing social impact space. We will be identifying revolving themes around social impact and working with University partners . The purpose of this problem statement is to spur innovation and to serve as a guide to address social needs. Let's collaborate to ideate, prototype, and launch blockchain for social impact solutions. 

Time Period:

Event spread across a few weeks?

Potentially scheduled around Hyperledger Global Forum in June

Potential Themes:

Social Impact Problem Statement:

Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) offers significant potential to deliver benefits for humanitarian aid, development, and civil society institutions in general. Let's hack to create solutions which could help various actors move more quickly on use cases with high potential to positively impact social good. 

• Philanthropy and Remittance (donation traceability, aid transparency, digital currencies in aid and development, governance and accountability)
• Financial Empowerment (financial inclusion, microfinance, microinsurance)
• Identity and Land Rights (refugee assistance, land ownership documentation)
• Governance and Democracy (fighting censorship and fake news, voting rights and protections, election integrity)
• Supply Chain and Environmental Protections (sustainable supply chain, fair trade, ethical sourcing, fair labor practices, supply chain fraud - agriculture, pharma, transportpharmaceutical - COVID-19 impacts, transportation, or other)

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Winning Teams:

• Mentorship from Hyperledger Social Impact SIG community to further your concept
• Opportunity to present to the Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee
• Mentorship?

Community Outreach:

• University Students
• University Professors

To Do:

• Come up with a list of Universities with Blockchain centers
• Social Media campaign (Linkedin, Blogposts, Twitter, Telegram, etc.)
• Reach out to University contacts to establish partnerships for the Hackathon
• Think about the overall theme for the first Hackathon and can look into use case prompts
• Look into speakers to discuss various topics for the Hackathonapply to the Government Blockchain Association GBA Annual Achievement Award 2021 for Social Impact. For more information: https://www.gbaglobal.org/gba-annual-achievement-awards-2021