The STEEM Community Spirit is Calling You: Interview with STEEM Witness @sircork
Use STEEM for Good, as Well as Making Money
STEEM can be used for a lot of good, it is not just about the money you can make, but what you can do with that money.
In Venezuela for example, their monthly wage is the equivalent to a hours wage here in the UK and at the moment there is 4 hour queue to get 15,000 Venezuelan bolivar out of the bank. That might seem like a lot, but when you find out that a loaf of bread is 20,000 Venezuelan bolivar, you begin to see why this country is in dire straits at the moment.
What has this got to with STEEM?
YouAreHOPE
Well there are people like STEEM witness @sircork who has set up STEEM’s first humanitarian charity, YouareHOPE, where HOPE means Help-Opportunity-Purpose-Empowerment. I used to joke that he named it after me, but someone took me seriously so I don’t say that anymore.
A charity based on STEEM is just an amazing concept, or any giving as it is completely transparent being on the blockchain, everything is recorded, whereas charities that are ‘traditionally run’, it is not always so obvious if the majority of the money goes to the need it supports, or into the pockets of the CEOs.
YouAreHOPE uses the SBD donated and takes it too the countries where it is needed, like Venezuela, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Nigeria and Ghana through Agents of HOPE, dedicated Steemians in these countries who deliver food, aid and supplies to those who need it. And the donation through to being out on the street is documented from start to finish, with photos of the people being giving the help on the street.
He has found STEEM to be a community full of compassionate people who want to help.
He shares more about this and his STEEM story in this audio interview (Click on the Picture)…
Join the YouAreHOPE community here: discord.gg/xBVBYdY
And be sure to vote @sircork as one of your STEEM witness here: https://steemit.com/~witnesses, for his total awesomeness.
It’s All About STEEM Communities
There are plenty of people like him who can see the good that STEEM can do for communities all over the world. @Pennsif has many a great idea he’d like to encourage and see implemented on a local community level, he was once behind a large social network that was quite successful, until Facebook claimed the crown, so he knows his stuff and is already encouraging local meetups in Wales to gather Steemians in the area.
Some other people's’ idea of giving back may include sharing information that has made them successful on STEEM, or providing quality information in posts that benefits the reader.
We are all candles and can light the way somehow.
As well as the perfect platform for making money, STEEM is also the perfect platform to give back too.
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Each time I read a post like this i am motivated to do more, steemit has really help me to empower many people here in Nigeria, I'm excited to see others around do same. I have lost count of the amazing lives steemit has torch through me. I will keep promoting steemit, helping people and growing on steemit and beyond.
The transparency of the blockchain is perfect for getting skeptics that don't donate because they don't trust the hands that manage the money. Here it's 100% accounted for. Awesome.
Upvoted and I love that you are doing this! Steemit is such an great platform, especially when used in a charity way.
I am in the Philippines now and I pass by every day a lot of poverty. I wish I could do more here, to help the needy ones..
You might also like the page of @sharonomics, he is also a hero and he motivate people to share!
This is a very good initiative from @sircork YouAreHOPE by using SBD to empowered distributing it to the needy country ,this write worth upvote and resteem.
its all for and in for the community :) together we are stronger
It's so good to see that we have, at our fingertips, a power to help others. I always knew that people's ideas, intentions, and thoughts had some value, and through Steemit, that inherent value can have physical-world manifestations.
Steem can do a lot of good for a lot of people. It will ease out a lot of pain people are facing with the fiat currencies and a lot of people are seeing light in this community. I am glad for the HOPE that Steem brings to so many people
Very, very nice. Inspiring.