Relay Funder

🚨 We're live. Relay Funder just launched—the only crowdfunding platform built exclusively for refugee communities. ✅ 24 campaigns (Kenya & Uganda) ✅ $10K match pool ✅ Every $ flows on-chain to leaders Launch round: Open through Feb 26 app.relayfunder.com Thread 👇

Our first @relayfunder round is complete. 🎉 24 community-led campaigns from refugee communities received support through QF. Grateful to everyone who donated & shared + a big thank you to our match fund sponsor @prezenti_grants See the results 👇 app.relayfunder.com/rounds/5

@MattyCompost Lets go! 🔥 Grateful for your support @MattyCompost !

Just supported all 4 campaigns in the @RelayFunder 🌱Climate Resilience category

48 hours left in this matching round ⏳ More donors = more matching funds unlocked. Even small contributions make a real difference. Support refugee-led solutions before it ends 👇 app.relayfunder.com

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Some exciting recent @Celo community highlights: 🟨 Celo COO Liz Peng joins @CoinDesk’s Consensus panel titled NFTs are Dead, Long Live Digital Art 🔴 @Optimism opens Season 9 OP Growth Grant applications to Celobuilders 🟣 @MentoLabs featured on @Tether’s Public Map of USD₮ Ecosystem Worldwide 🧶 @TextileProtocol in Week 1 from launch reaches $224K deployed across 9 credit pools in 5 countries ☕ @EspressoFNDN $ESP claims are now open to eligible Celo community members at claim dot espresso dot foundation 📲 @MiniPay with @SquidRouder announces Gold Vending Machine 10 day Lunar New Year celebration giving 10% cashback when buying and holding gold ⚖️ @StabilaFnd announces incentivized Celo-native @Uniswap pools are offering up to 111% APY with @SelfProtocol verification 🪪 @SelfProtocol promotes of SelfClaw by @MBarrbosa where agents that act from day one, with all interactions tied to a verified human 🌉 @Allbridge_io posts Celo integration numbers with over $8.3M in volume across 32,800+ transactions 💙 @GoodDollarOrg launches Season 3 applications to with 50K USD in G$ streaming fund to build and grow Celo 🎽 @RelayFunder goes live on Celo and launches $10K pilot match round for refugee-led projects in Kenya & Uganda, thanks to @Prezenti_Grants 👷 @CeloDevs extends Build Agents for the Real World Hackathon submission window to Wednesday, Feb 18 at 9AM GMT 🎙️ @CeloDevs with @GigaHierz hosts @EcdSafu from @SquidRouter for a Founder Stage live stream to chat about the @MiniPay Mini App making XAUt0 (omnichain @Tether Gold) 🔴 @Ben_Chain from @Optimism hosts yours truly for a fireside chat at Scaling Summit in Denver 🔰 @Bancor promotes rewards campaign on @CarbonDeFixyz with $USDm, $USDGLO, $CELO to earn daily rewards via @Merkl_xyz 🇨🇴 @0xSoulChain of @Celo_Col publishes article about ERC8004 on Celo for the Latino and Spanish speaking community 🪧 @Stakely_io posts Celo Weekly Report with highlights around the ecosystem What did I miss?

@Celo @prezenti_grants Thanks for your support @Celo team!

📣 @RelayFunder has 24 open rounds supporting humanitarian efforts in Kenya & Uganda! Donations are open through Thursday, February 26th w/ a $10K matching pool from @prezenti_grants to maximize impact for initiatives led by verified community leaders

Grateful for the shout-out from @w3b3forgood 🙏 Honored to see @RelayFunder featured alongside others building real-world impact in Web3. web3forgood.substack.com/p/this-week-in…

We’re halfway through the round. ⏳ Closes Feb 26. The next 2 weeks determine which refugee-led projects unlock the most match funding. @refunite @grassEcon @Save_Vuc Even $5 changes the outcome. Explore the campaigns → app.relayfunder.com

Building @RelayFunder, I keep coming back to @Gitcoin as a north star, $67M raised for projects and still evolving, so impressive. Loved hearing about both your journeys @owocki & @RJPinnell . Long-term commitment is the real moat. 👊

@CeloDevs Go Marco! We appreciate that you advise us. :)

Onboarding 150k Users in 1 Month: Scaling Success on MiniPay x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

24 campaigns. 24 refugee community leaders with urgent needs. 🏫 Education for displaced girls 🌾 Food security co-ops 💧 Clean water access 👩‍💼 Women's safety programs Choose how to support. Donate through Feb 26 Join Us:👉 app.relayfunder.com RT to amplify 🔁

Built with: @CeloOrg — mobile-first blockchain @Refunite @grassEcon — community leaders networks in refugee communities @Kickstarter @oak_network — proven CF infra @gitcoin — quadratic funding mechanism @humntech — human passport integration @Prezenti — $10K matching pool

🚨 We're live. Relay Funder just launched—the only crowdfunding platform built exclusively for refugee communities. ✅ 24 campaigns (Kenya & Uganda) ✅ $10K match pool ✅ Every $ flows on-chain to leaders Launch round: Open through Feb 26 app.relayfunder.com Thread 👇

This is exactly the gap Relay Funder exists to address. When humanitarian need grows faster than traditional funding can respond, we need new funding mechanisms...faster, more transparent, community-led, and resilient by design.

Wars and climate shocks are accelerating displacement. In 2026, the humanitarian challenge isn’t just scale, it’s trust, governance, and how aid moves. Sobering analysis @newhumanitarian thenewhumanitarian.org/analysis/2026/…