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RE: Steemit in Action - Giving to the ones in need [ENG/GER]
Stop this stupid action posing with Africans they are obviously not the needy. They have a JOB! You just took advantage of their kindness and exploiting, what's the prove you gave? .... Next time go pose with Europeans that are beggars/homeless and show us a video of you giving. This rubbish should stop!!!
The selling of Augustin can barely be described as a Job. This is a non profit organisation which helps homeless people/ people in despair not to rely on begging. I don't now the exact split they get from the newspaper revenue but its not a fortune. Probably around 50 cents per sold copy.
The prove he gave is that steemit can actually help people in the real world. It's not like he is exporting crops to africa at no cost, so the local farmers die out.
I understand your concern, but I don't see how he (flurgx) is exploiting them? "European" Beggars as you call them are usually (talking from a berlin perspective here, maybe it's better in vienna) drunk/high/self defecated that its a pain to even talk to them.
So why not help people who are obviously trying to improve their life through honest activities without turning criminal?
I talked to every Beggar on Alexanderplatz and none of them wanted to start a simple waterselling business because they were afraid of the cops. I offered to pay for their first batch of water bottles but no one said yes. Every one of the "european" beggars had an excuse. They went off and started begging again.
This is anectodal evidence, I know, but for god sake please don't put down other people who really and honestly want to help fellow humans who want to change their life for the better.
If you have a better suggestion please go ahead.
Thanks @lcshat for your explanation, I believe in positive vibes - sometimes act of kindness can be wrongly perceived and that's the situation right there, I did apologize to flurgx for misunderstanding his kind gesture. If it's possible to get them on steemit at some point I will gladly contribute and all these we have going on this issue can turn out to be a good introduction story for someone. :). Cheers
i could pose with european beggars too, but they are usually alcohol addicts, and i have a problem with that. if i can find a friendly european beggar i´ll ask him to pose with me :D most of them are very hostile though ..
that´s the advantage of the african people, they are mostly friendly ..
just read my first post... it´s linked in this post ... it explains everything
Sorry man, I over reacted sometimes I don't read between the line... If they are friendly enough how about getting them to be on steemit and introduce them, I think the community will commend you more.
thank you for reviewing your opinion and judgement about my project.
many said i should get them on steemit, which is not that easy because they are not so familiar with the digital world ..
however i invited the Augustin newspaper to steemit, they could introduce their vendors and do some other stuff to raise funds ...
we´ll see how this works out ... thank you
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are you serious? i don´t know the reason why you are reacting like this, but in one point you are right, they got a job yes - a job which brings them 10-15 Euros a day, which is below poverty level here in europe .. if you look closely you can see that the african man has 20 Euros in his hand ... that´s what i collected here on steemit, that´s what i gave him (and a bit more)
not seeing any advantage here for me ...
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