Ripple has donated $300,000 to World Central Kitchen and Mercy Corps for emergency meal distribution and water and sanitation assistance after destructive flooding in Nepal and Tibet. The floods damaged homes, roads, bridges, power and communications systems across Nepal’s Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading districts and struck Tibet’s Gyirong border port. UNICEF reported at least 17,000 children affected in Nepal, with 18 schools destroyed and 20 damaged, and requested $17.2 million for response and recovery programs. The donation extends Ripple’s humanitarian partnerships, including pilots using Ripple Payments, Ripple USD (RLUSD), satellite data and smart contracts to distribute aid.