Angelo Paolo Kalaw

Published in The Celo Blog

·Jul 15, 2021

The Multiplier Effect of Communities: Spotlight on the Montalban Action Group

Working as a community has always been the way things get done at Kasiglahan Village, a neighborhood located just six kilometers outside Metro Manila. “When the government first relocated us here in 1999, there was no stable electricity, no water, no health center — and we had to organize and…

Valora

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The Multiplier Effect of Communities: Spotlight on the Montalban Action Group

Valora

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Published in The Celo Blog

·Feb 10, 2021

How the Grameen Foundation Successfully Delivered Humanitarian Aid to 3,500 Micro Entrepreneurs Using Celo’s Blockchain

With the support of the Alliance for Prosperity and Valora app, the benefits of cryptocurrencies were made accessible to everyone Before COVID-19, Nemia Madrigal ran a small convenience store in Manila, Philippines. Earnings from her store, along with her husband’s income as a tricycle driver, were modest but enough to provide for her family. Then came COVID-19. As the Philippines went into strict lockdown, Nemia’s husband lost his job. Sales…

Celo

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How the Grameen Foundation Successfully Delivered Humanitarian Aid to 3,500 Micro Entrepreneurs…

Celo

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Published in The Celo Blog

·Sep 11, 2019

A Cryptocurrency for Every Juan

Insights from the Celo Philippine Pilot — Just a week after Celo unveiled Alfajores testnet, C Labs team members visited the Philippines to conduct a pilot of the Celo mobile wallet. I was elated to work as a Fellow to coordinate the pilot. When I first heard of Celo, its mission to provide accessible financial tools to…

Fintech

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Fintech

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