27th May Guiyang– The first blockchain-based poverty relief program has been launched in Hongyun Community, Guiyang City. The project is developed by Wanglu Technology. More about Wanglu could be found here.
Poverty alleviation is the country’s priority livelihood projects, Hongyun community of Baiyun District in Guiyang City is the pilot zone for “big data + livelihood” projects. As of March 2017, there are a total of 143 poor people who needs help, among which are 102 low-income households, 37 households that requires temporary rescue and 8 households that needs medical assistance. In addition, the neighborhood has 197 people with disabilities. In 2016 a total of 716,814 yuan was distributed to assist those in need, of which are 102 low-income households. 487,034 yuan was distributed to 857 household-counts or 1214 headcounts. 8 people received 81,760 yuan as medical assistance. 70,000 yuan was distributed to 33 households as temporary relief. 900 yuan was distributed to 9 people from 3 households who applied for temporary relief. 50000 yuan was released to 1 household as emergent assistance. 27,120 yuan was released to 197 disabled people, among which 52 cases are severe disabled allowance.
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