Fellowship Program: Cohort #2 applications open and Cohort #1 recruiting

Ethereum is alive. Yes, at its core: email machine (EVM) executes a new state for each block and computes it faithfully, but the magic of Ethereum is that one small state machine can be shared by millions of people who have nothing in common other than an internet connection and their own secrets. key. The developers, designers, artists, farmers, bankers, students, politicians, entertainers, and even lawyers who use and rely on Ethereum create a living ecosystem that evolves and redeploys relationships of trust, coordinating around the core protocol for the public good. good.

Currently, the Ethereum Extended Universe™ consists of millions of people, but there are billions more people here on Earth, and our ambitious vision is for Ethereum to have a positive impact on all of them. Reaching the next billion requires overcoming representation gaps across cultures, nationalities, and economic classes.

This is why We launched our fellowship program last year..

Call to apply for Cohort #2!

Today, we are ready to begin the search for our second cohort of Fellows! If you are a leader committed to a project (whether it’s a decentralized application, a community-building initiative, or research) that helps Ethereum become the tool for the next billion, we’re looking for a handful of changemakers who are: You can help make this dream a reality and inspire others along the way.

The six-month, self-directed program seeks to identify and support unique and talented individuals who help revitalize the relevance of Ethereum and break down barriers to entry for marginalized people and communities that will be the future of web3.

Learn more about the fellowship program here. Apply by July 24, 2022.

Summary of Cohort #1

As applications open for our second cohort, we’d like to take time to celebrate the achievements of four incredible alumni.

Benson Njuguna (acres africa) helped implement an Ethereum-based solution for crop insurance for small-scale farmers in Kenya. Benson and his team were able to significantly reduce claims processing time from months to days. Last year, more than 17,000 farmers joined, many of whom received payments soon after severe weather broke out. Read more of his works here.

Tsui Cepeda (OS City) has created a Spanish-language Ethereum wallet app that citizens can use to hold and display government-issued IDs and documents. To implement this app, Chuy and his team are working with municipalities and national governments in Latin America, and in the process, training many public sector leaders who want to fight the corruption and bureaucracy rampant in the region through blockchain technology. there is. He recently wrote: This update On our blog.

Naroa base investment (giga) explored the role Ethereum could play in the United Nations’ effort to connect all schools to the internet. Naroa and her team NFT fundraising campaign has begun We are also working with African governments to fund school connectivity through Ethereum staking. Additionally, Giga has begun building an accounting platform that uses smart contracts to monitor/manage connectivity and create incentives for providing connectivity.

Kuldeep Arial (Bragg) sought to build a blockchain strategy for BRAC, one of the world’s largest NGOs. Kuldeep trained leadership on blockchain and visited various programs and country offices to assess the needs that blockchain could help solve. Kuldeep began conceptualizing a blockchain-based beneficiary ID system that would work across all BRAC services.

Look for blog posts from these fellows in the coming weeks.

And if you think your work can have an impact in the real world, Be sure to apply for the second cohort of the fellowship program. Until July 24, 2022.

thank you!

Lastly, I would like to thank everyone who has made the program possible so far! We would like to thank everyone who helped us identify fellows, all the mentors, and the Ethereum conference organizers who provided a platform for the fellows.

This program would not have been possible without your support, and we look forward to seeing the second cohort.