In total, I have requested Steemit community three times for support. The first call for help was for two poor Christian families before Christmas. The second one was for a 12 year old boy who is a tea seller. The latest one was for a poor family stuck in the vicious cycle of poverty. This post is a quick update on all three of them.
The latest example of how Steemit has helped poor people.
I basically wanted to cover the latest one to let the community know what had been done with the raised funds. I think financial tranparency and honesty is key to development of trust within any economy. Steemit (fundamentally, the Steem blockchain) is a economy and its needs trust to thrive. So, here's what I have done so far.
Money Handed Over to Poor Family
I had requested the community to help me in collecting funds for a poor family due to the reasons recorded in the post. The post payout is shown below.
$357 payout is an evidence of how much the community cares.
And here is the final screenshot of the payout I got in SBD and SP.
What I did was to include 20 SBD in place of the SP rewards (at the exact conversion rate at that time) and also include 15 SBD for this post as well (which actually finalized at far less value). In total, 170 SBD was sold by me at the price or $6.34, making the total 1177.8 USD.
I sent the money to my trusted local crypto exchanger @rizcryptotrader (who introduced Steemit to me by the way). He sent me (or the account I gave to him) a total of 129,000/- PKR.
The first 50,000/- Pkr ($450) was sent to an account of a person who is close to the needy family.
The remaining 79,000/- Pkr ($700+) were received by me in my own account to hand over cash to the concerned family (to keep their privacy and self-esteem intact).
I handed over 50,000/- from the remaining balance yesterday as well.
That's $450 in Pkr
Handed over. Picture taken for proof but identity hidden to keep the esteem of family intact.
I still have 29,000/- ($260) with me. I have requested my local exchanger to give me some BTC for that amount. Once done, I will buy a good altcoin project and hold for the family. It will help them more than the money I can hand over right now. Also, this money is not immediately required but they have taken some loans to arrange a total of $2200, so there will be a need soon. I have not told them about the exact amount yet but they will have something invested in crypto without knowing. I hope it turns out to be profitable for them.
PS: Another $200 worth of Bitcoin has been given by @Transisto for the payout of his comment that he dedicated to the charity. I will sell it when the price is high and hand over the money to the family for returning loans.
Christmas Charity Closed Successfully.
It's a short update because I had done the work on this porject before Christmas. Here's the final update that I posted in December.
3000 collected from the payout and given to concerned people.
I have recently seen a 10 Steem donation in my transfers by @hamzayousaf which I did not have an idea of. It will also be given to the poor families when Steem price is high.
Still Looking for the 12 Year Old Boy...
I don't know if he is afraid or his mother has warned him about bad people. Whatever the case, I have not been able to get a call from him yet. Here's my conversation with the 12 year old boy by the way. The community raised 14,300/- Pkr ($130) for him, which are with me till now.
I have visited the busy bus terminal at least five times since then. I have looked for him everywhere. One day, I missed him by an hour or so because he had left early. He comes there but not at the time I am also there. I have even told the station manager to send my message to him. I did not receive a call despite my reaching him.
Last update on the matter is that I gave my contact number to the bus station manager and asked him to contact me when Shayan was around so that I can give his money to him and tell him that Steemit helped him.
Thank You, Steemit!
I am thankful to Steem blockchain for being benovalent. I was able to help these poor people through Steemit community and it is an incredible feeling. Now that my Educate One Child page has been removed by Facebook alongwith my account, I have all the reasons to shift my initiative to Steem blockchain where it can stay forever.
I am thankful to every person who believed in humanity and believed in my charity projects. I assure you that I am a financially upright person and will never let anyone down. There are many people on Steemit who will tell you good things my financial dealings. Please keep supporting honest people who are helping poor people around the world.
Steem on!
Payout of this post will be utilized to enable and sponsor education of children belonging to poor families, who otherwise cannot afford to educate their children.
Also, accept my apologies for not being able to reply to anyone in the comments. I have received more than 200 comments on my translation contest post and they need urgent replies so my time has been consumed there. I thank you all for commenting here with your wise and kind words.
@ilyastarar you are doing an amazing job for the struggling people of your country. I wish you all the best for your noble cause.
this is what we need in today's world,so proud of you.
Amazing work!
You are doing extraordinary for right people. My best wishes and support always with you.
jazak Allah Khair.
Helping others and involing comunity for helping deserving is a good collective effort. A penny reached to deserving produce million hopes.
Assalamoalikum sir, I am a Pakistani too. Great initiave to help poor people. Hats off to you sir. Let me act mean at last. I would love it if you will follow me and upvote my posts. Lets help Pakistanis grow. :)
Wow
That's really a nice initiative. Using steem to change the world around us. By the way, we have also started a similar thing, where we give out to the deserving people in Pakistan.
https://www.facebook.com/forfellowfeeling/videos/578418002508059/
you are doing an invaluable work! thank God, it's better to give than to ask...
You are doing so well. The good lord will reward your good deeds. You don't have no idea how the good seeds you're sowing now will germinate in future. The amount of blessings that will come your way will surprise you and everyone who contributed
You are amazing! and all due respect to @transisto aswell!
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Thank you for what you're doing. God bless you, sir.
Wonderful Ilyas. You're empowering the needy people through Steemit.
This should feature in the #ophumanangels.
God bless you for your good deeds.
proud of you @ilyastarar really you are doing very good job keep it up
What you did for poor family is so respectable and I support the idea that financial tranparency and honesty is the main part of charity
Thumbs up bro. You are doing such a great job. May ALLAH give you more strength. Ameen Upvote and Resteem done. stay blessed <3
bro i send request on fb please accept it i just wanted to talk to you for a while in private
You are a kind and honest man,
thank you for being who you are.
This is amazing, this is the reason I am doing steemit so I can travel and hep those who have less than I. While I myself live from my car and shower at the gym daily I still have such a passion to give to others that have nothing. May blessings come to you in the form in which you need!
It is good to know that today there is a humble person who thinks of helping others and not thinking about him,
same.
I congratulate you for the good social cause you are doing.
Two houses where I live, a very poor family life
you have to ask for money to be able to eat from
The man of the house died recently and stayed
the single woman with 4 small children in my community we have
helped, but we're going through the same thing
for the extreme poverty that my country lives Venezuela.
Brother ilyas! You are doing a great job. I just loved your idea, I will start the same when I get some followers!
I showed your post to my dad and he said we need more people like this guy!!
Well done my brother!
A boy selling tea is now the prime minister of India, so please don't undermine this. This can prove to be pretty awesome as well.
You are really doing a great job and may you be rewarded abundantly. We need more good hearted persons like you, with that the world will be a better place for us to live.
Best wishes!
I like your Blog and your posts .
I am new , support me . .
Happy steeming. .
Good Morning @ilyastarar Do not forget to cultivate today. I am a newcomer in steemit from Indonesia. This Is my first a comment from your post. Your days are a great fun. Do not waste any opportunity, always be happy at ever opportunity. Continue your life and continue post your photo and activity in steemit.
Please see my post @cutlem and give upvote if you like, i am very thankful for that. Best regards
Keep on working for the community ilyastarar.
There's a reason this platform rewards people who do stuff like this, and it is because it's stuff like this that should be done with the power of the Steem Blockchain!
Steem on!
Cheers!
MASHAALLAH, Its a too much good work.
I want to help him .Can you tell me how?
I really appreciate your work. Helping others God helps you your all work.
Best wishes for your this good work.
May Allah give you more success and more strength .God bless you.
I have upvoted this post but currently, all I'm capable of is a comment.Lol. Hopefully I'll be able more in the near future. enshalllah.
My 100% support for you. Good luck with your good deeds!
You're doing something very amazing. Keep it up, you inspire.
This is a beautiful goal and way to serve your community.
Thank you on behalf of all the lucky kids to have you. I understand how much education can cost. We all been through that phase and I genuinely hope that you're able to achieve your target to reach out to help more kids. Hope some of my efforts help