Peer-to-Peer Bitcoin Marketplace also Upgrades its Bitcoin-Funded Rwandan Nursery School
Press Release – WILMINGTON, Del., June 12, 2018 — Paxful, the global leader in peer-to-peer finance, today announced new developments in its #BuiltwithBitcoin charitable initiative. The company is awarding more than $15,000 in scholarships to help female Afghan refugees pursue their careers in the U.S. and providing additional classroom resources for the Rwandan nursery school that was constructed as the first #BuiltwithBitcoin project.
The scholarship recipients are Susan Naseri, who is interested in non-profit work and law; Dunia Azizi, who will pursue a mathematics degree; and Farzana Nawabi, who is working towards a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Non-profit organization Zam Zam, the implementation partner for the program, chose the recipients based on personal essays recounting hardships in areas such as obtaining an education, migrating to the U.S., and integrating into American society while ra…