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Binance Charity teams up with local Binance Angel to feed 1,000 families in Sri Lanka

02 Sep 2022

Binance Charity, the first-ever blockchain-enabled transparent donation platform, has announced teaming up with a local “Binance Angel” to deliver food packages to more than 1,000 families in the country’s hardest hit area. Given the recent economic crisis, Sri Lanka is facing a food shortage. The 20,000 BUSD donation went towards purchasing essentials such as rice, sugar, dry fish, dhal, and noodles for more than 30 villages in three cities in the Kandy District.  “The people of Sri Lanka have endured an especially hard few years with the pandemic, hit to tourism, and now this economic downturn. Ishara has redefined the meaning of being a Binance Angel by taking the initiative to run this much-needed food drive. It’s hard to accept people are still going hungry in 2022 when we know there’s enough food on this planet to feed. We must do better at ending hunger,” said Binance Executive VP and Binance Charity Head Helen Hai. The Binance Angel Programme stated that it is a global network of active and passionate community builders with a shared goal of building a better crypto experience for all. There are approximately 300,000 active crypto users within the country.  In light of the current crisis, a Sri Lankan “Binance Angel” decided to take matters into their own hands and run a critical food drive for some of the most vulnerable communities.  Sri Lankan Binance Angel Ishara Abeysinghe said: “As a Binance Angel, I feel responsible for building the crypto community and supporting the community that I belong to. I am glad that Binance Charity and Binance were willing to support us, the angels, on this initiative. This definitely was a huge step in uplifting the living standards of the Sri Lanka community that is going through a recent economic crisis.” Among the recipients of the food packages were families with young children, single mothers, pregnant women, the disabled, and the elderly.  This donation is part of Binance Charity’s ongoing initiative, Fight Hunger Worldwide, which also ran projects in Nigeria, Morocco, and France. Up to date, more than $ 100,000 has been raised to help provide meals for around 20,000 people in desperate situations, many of them affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.     


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