You have really done a good thing by raising this @damarth.

The truth is, giving arms to the poor is short term if we really want change their lives! The fact that they won't be able afford comfort with it is really not feasible! They need something to rely on!

Having cryptocurrency is a way to go! As its value is alot better especially when converted to currencies of these poor countries. For instance, 1steem is about $6 in the US now but equivalent to about #2000 market price in Nigeria. So, having 1steem here in Nigeria can buy you and your friend a really good meal. Really good one.

So you see that a platform as this that can help these poor countries work for these currencies is really what is needed to secure long term finance as they may not be able to get capital to start up something that will fetch more money.

The major thing now is.... how do we know these people when they finally join the community?.. or don't you think frustration will set in when they draft really good articles and get cents? And then see little writeups getting nice payouts? It could leave them seeing the short term income as the 'life'.

It may sound funny, but i will say this! If you are a whale here and you really want to help people out of poverty... let me not mention names! You know the country tags to visit and reward those giving a good shot at creativity.

Crypto is the 'long term', steemit offers crypto for creativity! Help creativity and provide the 'long term'