#Goodstart Barnaby Nelson

One new person is caught into modern slavery every four seconds: but how can blockchain be used to stop that? 

Diginex and the Mekong Club are stemming the tide of worker manipulation in South East Asia by focusing on the security of workers' contracts. Using a new, blockchain-based platform they are leveraging DLT's immutability and transparency to stop workers from getting caught by secretly amended or substituted contracts. 

Mark Blick (from Diginex) explains how.

Gravity are working to put individuals in control of their identities: using blockchain to create mobile, data wallets. By helping refugees and others to store and share data elements from their phones whenever they are applying for education or work, Gravity is helping those in need to integrate and to leave behind the constraints of camp-life.

Johannes Ebert (from Gravity) explains how

Mobile phone connectivity is now one of the biggest concerns for refugees. 

Imagine that you are arriving into a refugee camp and, without government-issued papers, you are unable to get a SIM card and so you can't find out where your family is or connect with the outside world. 

W3 Engineers is working to change that using blockchain: and it's a pleasure to have Ayesha and Rakibul join me to explain how

Trust in the charity sector is in crisis.

6 houses took one charity 5 years and $500m to build in Haiti. How can you make sure your money doesn’t end up that way?

Alice is leveraging blockchain to transform the way that charities ask for and spend our donations: making measurable outcomes the priority.

Dani from Alice explains how.

How can blockchain build trust and automation in the farming supply chain – so that the money is shared more fairly? 

Also, how can we get farmers better access to financial services and reduce waste – all through the same answer? 

Genevieve from Agriledger explains how.

Sunshine + Blockchain Technology = De-urbanization and Financial inclusion
That's the equation that Solshare is working to in Bangladesh, a country where $3 million worth of electricity is wasted every day from people generating it in their own homes, but not being able to share it. 
By linking together homes and creating micro-grids of electricity, Solshare aims to be able to turn anyone into a Solar Entrepreneur: generating an income, creating financial inclusion and giving people more reasons to stay in their villages and towns, without being one of the 10,000 people that arrives into Dhaka every day.
Sebastian from Solshare explains how