Beautiful post, @stellabelle-- kudos to both you and @dana-edwards! Resteeming...

What's interesting is that there are many discussions here about UBI (Universal Basic Income) and there are a number of alt coin projects being created around the idea of UBI... and what gets overlooked is that fact that Steemit already has the mechanism in place to help people in developing and war torn areas supplement their worlds.

One of the things I'm hoping the eventual "Communities" feature will add to Steemit is multi-language sub-channels; accessible to all, but organized by language (or language group), making Steemit truly globally accessible.

And you're absolutely right, rich people have NO idea of what poor people need... and "handouts" are not the answer.... but some kind of leg up to help give yourself a new start is. Could have used that when I was sleeping on a bench at the nearby municipal golf course, when I was in my 20's...