Next month I Am Humans will be distributing our 2 out of 3 yearly payment awards to Zidisha.
Since January of 2026, follow on projects have increased by 68%. Zidisha has paved the way to what a paying it forward program should look like.
Where recipients of funds payback what is given to them by funding projects of their own amounts back into the Zidisha pool. In other words, instead of project recipients paying back to the loan givers. Recipients of funds pay it forward to other borrowers instead of paying back the lenders.
I Am Humans is honored to be a part of the Zidisha ecosystem and elevating the lives of entrepreneurs all over the world.
Original post: https://iamhumans.org/2026/01/25/in-parnership-with-zidisha/
May 24th Update:
The biggest takeaway that I Am Humans has learned from Zidisha and its P2P capabilities and conceptualization is this: Paying it forward creates new economic ecosystems by opening doors for others to benefit from.
In other words, it is not the lender who benefits from giving a microloan. Instead, the loan is repaid through paying it forward. The lender gives a microloan, and the borrower pays it forward by contributing the loan amount to other projects in the Zidisha network, chosen by the borrower.
This is a great use-case utility, and it is blockchain done in a way that creates rewarding change in small ways.