> the project run by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) was designed to direct resources to thousands of Syrian refugees by giving them cryptocurren

> the project run by the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) was designed to direct resources to thousands of Syrian refugees by giving them cryptocurrency-based vouchers that could be redeemed in participating markets. They're not really using the actual Etherium blockchain in any meaningful sense though. They just gave vouchers that could be spent at participating markets. It reeks of a marketing ploy by Parity Technologies for some press.