UN Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty
Official target: End poverty in all its forms everywhere. By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources and access to basic services.
The Problem
Approximately 3 billion people on earth live on less than $6 a day. This is not a story about laziness or lack of ambition. It is a story about structural exclusion. People in low-income economies are locked out of financial systems, employment markets, and earning opportunities that people in wealthier countries take for granted. Traditional aid models address the symptoms. Sentinel Watch addresses the cause.
What Sentinel Watch® Does
Sentinel Watch is a live camera monitoring platform. Partners, retailers and businesses in developed economies pay a subscription to have their cameras watched by real human beings — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those human beings can be anywhere in the world. All they need is a smartphone and an internet connection.
Every hour spent actively watching cameras on the Sentinel Watch platform generates Sentinos — the platform’s internal currency — which are converted to USDC (a stable digital dollar) and paid out every Friday directly to the watcher’s Coinbase embedded wallet. No bank account required. No formal employment contract. No minimum qualification. Just verified, attentive human presence.
The Income Opportunity
Sentinel Watch is designed with one financial benchmark in mind: helping active participants comfortably exceed $6 per day. Camera owners set their own hourly rates and event bounties. Watchers self-select toward the highest-earning cameras. The platform’s marketplace mechanics naturally drive earnings upward as competition between camera owners increases viewer rewards.
For someone living in a country where $6 a day represents a significant income, consistent participation in the Sentinel Watch platform represents a genuine and meaningful improvement in their economic situation — earned through their own effort, not charity.
Participation With Clear Payout Options
Sentinel Watch is built to make earning opportunities more accessible, with clear information about how rewards work. Watchers earn Sentinos, tracked in their account, which they can accumulate, donate to support our mission, or request to receive as a payout where a supported payment option is available. We’re starting with PromptPay payouts in Thailand and will assess additional countries individually. Participation and payouts are subject to eligibility, verification and applicable requirements. Before contributing, watchers should check which payout options are available to them—joining the platform does not guarantee access to a current or future payout option.
A Self-Sustaining Model, Not Aid
Sentinel Watch is structured as a nonprofit organisation, but its income generation model for participants does not depend on donations, grants, or the goodwill of others. The money that flows to watchers comes directly from partners paying for a service they genuinely need. The model is self-sustaining: as long as our parters need their cameras monitored — and they always will — income flows to watchers. This is economic inclusion built on a foundation of real commercial utility, not aid dependency.
Our Commitment
Sentinel Watch exists to prove that technology can close the income gap between the developed and developing world — not through redistribution, but through participation. Every camera connected to our platform is a new earning opportunity. Every partner who subscribes creates income for someone who needs it. We are building the infrastructure for a world where geography is no longer a barrier to economic dignity.
Further Reading & References
The following sources inform and support the claims made on this page:
- World Bank — Global Poverty Overview — Data and analysis on extreme poverty trends worldwide.
- UN SDG 1 Progress Report 2025 — Official United Nations progress tracking on Goal 1 targets.
- Our World in Data — Extreme Poverty — Long-run data and visualisations on global poverty reduction.
