Recipients Selection
Social Income, like any UBI project, has limited financial resources. Choosing who gets help and who doesn't is tough. We want everyone to understand how we select our recipients. Since November 2023, we’ve employed a new way to randomly select people from poor communities, thanks to our partnership with drand.
Step 1: Finding potential recipients
We team up with a variety of international and local NGOs who support marginalized communities and are familiar with poverty at the local level. After visiting and positively assessing these NGOs – as well as the areas and communities they support – we may request that they provide us with a list of all potential recipients. Potential recipients are people living in poverty with whom they maintain direct contact. Depending on the communities supported, those lists can include anything from 100 to 1000 names.
Step 2: Selecting at random and with utmost transparency
The lists we are working with during selection contain minimal information about potential recipients. They are subsequently anonymized (hashed) and uploaded to our open-source repository. With the help of a random number generated and published by drand, a mechanism is set in place to select a predetermined number of individuals from the list. This process can be mathematically traced back and verified without compromising recipients’ data.
🔎 Upcoming: allowing everyone to easily verify for themselves whether or not they're on one of the NGOs' lists or whether they have been chosen.
Step 3: Communicating transparently
After a draw, we reach out to both the NGO and the community directly to share the results. The beneficiaries who were selected – upon confirming their participation – then provide additional information and are onboarded for our 3-year program
Frequently asked questions
Past Draws
The following list shows the past draws that have taken place to select recipients for Social Income.
9/26/2024
Jamil
19 out of 590 selected
6/15/2024
Slaes
20 out of 155 selected
4/26/2024
Reachoutsalone
1 out of 354 selected
4/22/2024
Reachoutsalone
11 out of 365 selected
11/8/2023
Aurora
4 out of 557 selected
10/31/2023
Aurora
10 out of 567 selected