Shielded Aid Initiative
Privacy with Purpose
The Shielded Aid Initiative (SAI) empowers humanitarian organizations to deliver aid using privacy-preserving blockchain technology, safeguarding recipients from surveillance, exploitation, and potential harm.
Why Privacy Matters in Humanitarian Aid
Transparent blockchains make all transactions and personally identifiable information permanently public, providing a digital roadmap that can be exploited by hostile actors and oppressive regimes.
Past field programs have suffered privacy breaches, not out of malice, but due to lack of privacy-focused architecture and leadership, resulting in repeated, preventable harm.
How we can help
Shielded Aid Initiative supports humanitarian efforts that ensure communities can access life‑saving assistance without ever having to compromise their privacy or safety. We collaborate with NGOs striving to deliver privacy-preserving aid, including:
- Providing integration support for Zcash’s shielded transactions in aid programs.
- Conducting privacy risk assessments and expert consultation for NGOs.
- Advocating for privacy-preserving standards in digital humanitarian interventions.
Publications
- Privacy in Peril:Privacy in peril: safeguarding digital data in humanitarian blockchain initiatives. (Humanitarian Practice Network)
- Introducing the Shielded Aid Initiative (SAI): Privacy with Purpose in Humanitarian Aid.
- Zcash Foundation Launches New Initiative to Champion Privacy-Preserving Humanitarian Aid.
