# How Blockchain Could Support Humanitarian Crisis Response

DevFeed: [How Blockchain Could Support Humanitarian Crisis Response](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-borders-unveiling-potential-of-blockchain-in-a-crisis-17080.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2023/11/15/beyond-borders-nb>)

Author: Karam Alhamad

Published: 2023-11-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>), [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blockchain.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [next-billion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/next-billion.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that public blockchain protocols such as Ethereum could help people affected by humanitarian crises, where borders, centralized systems, and weakened institutional trust limit access to identity documents, banking, and aid. It also highlights the limited share of international humanitarian aid sent directly to local NGOs.

## Source excerpt

Crisis is a cruel teacher. It can draw us together in our shared fragility, but paradoxically it can also distance us from our shared humanity. In times of great crisis, the institutions and structures of society that are supposed to protect and support us may become twisted, corrupted, or rendered...