How Coala Pay Uses LightLink to Power Faster, Transparent Aid Delivery

The Opportunity

Global aid systems have long struggled with outdated infrastructure and inefficiencies:

• High costs to trace and verify fund distribution
• Up to 30% lost to currency conversion and middlemen fees
• Legacy banking rails unfit for crisis zones like Ukraine, Sudan, and Gaza
• Delayed reporting and lack of real-time transparency

As humanitarian needs intensify, the world urgently needs financial systems that are faster, cheaper, and built for crisis response — not bureaucracy.

The Solution

Coala Pay is a humanitarian-grade payments platform working across multiple blockchain and traditional systems to streamline aid delivery with speed, transparency, and cost-efficiency.

Co-founded by career humanitarians and senior technologists — including alumni of the World Bank, UNICEF, and USAID — Coala Pay delivers:

• Stablecoin-powered transfers on LightLink: In specific campaigns, donations are converted to USDT on LightLink, enabling fast, low-cost, and traceable disbursements to frontline responders.
• Smart contract transparency: Transactions on LightLink are tracked on-chain, creating a tamper-proof, auditable flow of funds for enhanced visibility.
• Gasless UX with LightLink: LightLink’s gas abstraction allows Coala Pay to offer seamless experiences to recipients and field partners — no wallets or transaction fees required, removing friction in critical environments.
• Closed-loop aid economies: As part of its innovation roadmap, Coala Pay explores creating micro-economies using stablecoins on networks like LightLink — reducing reliance on volatile fiat and costly conversions.

Real-World Impact: Save the Children x Coala Pay on LightLink

In a live campaign with Save the Children, Coala Pay utilized LightLink to demonstrate how blockchain infrastructure can support humanitarian efforts in high-risk areas.

Donations were: - Collected in fiat from donors globally - Instantly converted to USDT on LightLink’s Layer 2 network - Transferred directly to field teams operating in high-risk regions

By using LightLink’s gasless, high-throughput network, the campaign avoided banking delays, slashed middleman costs, and ensured transparent fund tracking — end to end.

The result An 80% increase in operational efficiency compared to traditional aid distribution methods — with faster settlement, lower overhead, and real-time auditability.

This is a clear example of how purpose-built blockchain infrastructure can deliver real-world outcomes at scale.

Trusted by Leading Humanitarian Partners

Coala Pay’s multi-layered platform supports aid delivery for partners including Save the Children, NRC, DRC, IRC, and more — showing how major humanitarian groups are embracing blockchain-powered efficiency.

The platform is backed by teams with experience from World Bank, USAID, UNICEF, and featured in outlets like Fortune Crypto — validating both the mission and the tech.

Why LightLink? Purpose-Built for Impact

Coala Pay integrates LightLink for specific aid campaigns requiring:

• Gasless transactions: Removing cost and UX barriers in frontline scenarios
• Fast, stablecoin transfers: For real-time, cross-border aid without intermediaries
• On-chain transparency: Smart contract-based audit trails to boost accountability
• Enterprise-grade architecture: Predictable costs, high throughput, and scalable APIs

LightLink plays a vital role in helping Coala Pay deliver faster, more transparent aid where it’s needed most.

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