Meet @mcsamm. He's my promo-steem hero of the day!!!

And he's paying it forward in a very STEEM way

In a complete moment of numtpiness, it would appear as though I uploaded a photo of @ejemai not @mcsamm. A number of people have hit me up to tell me! Sorry for the confusion

So this is @mcsamm. He's from Ghana, and he's absolutely smashing it out there. He managed to talk his way into doing a Steemit presentation in a church there, and Ioved the idea of bringing the blockchain to a church congregation. Brilliant...because of course in a church you are going to get a pretty big group of people all together in one room, and if you've managed to convince the leadership to give you a slot, well, perhaps you actually have something worth saying!

But more than that, he's organised activities which are getting health screening workers in remote rural villages on the STEEM blockchain (I think they are from an NGO, but perhaps he can enlighten me more). But he's also put together a whole 2018 Steemit promotional programme, which includes street tours, campus tours, and even donating some of their SBD to charities to provide clothing to less fortunate people in their community.

This is the post I saw and curated on today, and by far it was my favourite #promo-steem post of the day: https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@mcsamm/my-first-steemit-presentation-a-friend-s-church

Paying it forward the STEEM way

This is an example of the STEEM blockchain paying it all forward. Because what I'm noticing is that a lot of the guys in some of the African nations, when they start to get a little bit of SBD together, they're wanting to share the wealth around, not just hoard it for themselves. This is incredibly admirable, and just goes to show how far the Steemit platform can reach into, and touch peoples lives, even those who haven't yet even heard of it.

In the past, mafia dons, kings and rulers all over the world have bought their peoples love (and acceptance of their slavery) by lavishing them with generous gifts....But here on the STEEM blockchain, the community is simply rewarding great content writers, and some of the most creative are the people who are out there, day after day, promoting and helping to grow the platform for everyone.

But now we have a situation where the STEEM blockchain is actually lifting people out of poverty, and changing lives. No central or private bank or government has ever done that (they might pay lip service to it, but we all know the real score). For now, you, the people who read the blogs, who support promoters from around the world, who take the time to read what they are doing, and maybe, just maybe learn from it for youselves, you are the people who make the difference.

Of course, we all know that the real good news is that of the STEEM blockchain. In the last week or so, I have been absolutely overwhelmed by the support we've been getting for the #promo-steem initiatives, and especially from some of the guys in African countries.

STEEM is really changing lives out there

I have had a lot of conversations with very cynical people about the STEEM blockchain. They see it as some kind of weird pyramid scheme, and of course, they wouldn't do if only they spent a bit of time educating themselves about the mechanics of the blockchain, and the Steemit platform. It's our job to give them the message. The fact that we are doing it, all over the world, in a decentralised way, is something that makes me feel so proud of each and every one of the Steemians who have taken it upon themselves to tell their community about it.

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And because of what I'm seeing, I can honestly say, hand on heart, that I am seeing the STEEM blockchain making a massive difference in peoples lives.