WECANNES

Web3 platform where cities, NGOs, and businesses collaborate to fund & deliver verified impact.

WECANNES

Created At

ETHGlobal Cannes 2026

Project Description

PROBLEM Cities lack the budget for civic and community engagement activities (e.g., nature protection, educational programs, park cleanups). Meanwhile, local businesses have marketing and CSR budgets but lack trust that their donations are used as intended. NGOs have the operational expertise and volunteer networks but face unpredictable income, limiting their ability to fund sufficient community campaigns. These three groups want to coordinate but lack a reliable way to do so.

SOLUTION WECANNES is World ID powered platform for connecting cities, private donors, and NGOs, where

  1. Cities unlock private capital for local community activities without increasing their budget, provide priority goals for civic engagement and non-monetary incentives (free tickets to cultural events, access to public facilities, discount at local businesses)
  2. Businesses and Private Donors sponsor civic campaigns run by NGOs aligned with their values, get reliable and verifiable impact data, increase trust in marketing and ESG reporting
  3. NGOs get funded directly, increase volunteer participation, build verifiable reputation over time
  4. Volunteer joins clear, structured campaigns, contribution is verified and meaningful, earn non-monetary city rewards

How it's Made

WORKFLOW & USED TECHNOLOGIES WECANNES is a World Mini App that connects cities, NGOs, businesses, and volunteers around verifiable civic campaigns. First, a city publishes a local priority goal, such as strengthening local food supply chains. An NGO then creates a campaign under that goal, setting the title, funding target, date, location, and volunteer requirements. A business sponsors the campaign by depositing EURC into an escrow smart contract on World Chain. Volunteers discover the campaign in the app, sign up, and verify with World ID. On the event day, they check in on site by scanning an NGO QR code and completing World ID verification, proving both uniqueness and physical attendance. After the campaign, the NGO submits completion evidence such as photos. The sponsor reviews the evidence and, if approved, the escrow contract releases funds directly to the NGO. Volunteers can then claim non-monetary civic rewards in the app.

Used Technology WECANNES is built as a World Mini App using MiniKit for the mobile app experience and World ID for sybil-resistant proof of personhood. Smart contracts are deployed on World Chain and manage campaign creation, sponsorship escrow, check-in validation, review state, and automatic release or refund of funds. Sponsorship payments use EURC as the stablecoin for campaign funding. Volunteer check-ins combine QR-based location presence with World ID verification to confirm real human participation. The app stores campaign metadata, evidence uploads, and user role flows in the frontend/backend layer, while critical funding and participation states are recorded on-chain.

background image mobile

Join the mailing list

Get the latest news and updates