Steemit Powered Christmas for Two Poor Christians and Their Families in Pakistan

Christians are religious minority in Pakistan. While some are well off and have a a well-to-do life, most of them are poor. Although there are Christian officers too, but the lowest cadre in goverment offices is full of Christians. For example, more than two thirds of sanitary workers are Christians.

Whatever the reasons behind this situation, the economic reality of their life is very disturbing. When I go to office, I see these people cleaning each and every spot in the building with such dedication and honesty. When I see their pay slips, it's hardly $150 per month. Yes, $5 per day.

You can realize how bad it is when you look at the minimum wages in the States; which vary from $7 to $12.5 in different states.

$5 a day is too low a wage by any standard.

Salaries here in Pakistan are generally very less as compared to international standards. Economy has a part to play. Our corrupt politicians in power corridors are good for nothing!

Steemit Powered Christmas

Christmas is here. I was going through my Steemit feed yesterday and was inpired to see how Steemit is helping feed an entire church in Myanmar. Here in my office, I was dispatching two Christian members of our staff serving in the lowest cadre to collect Christmas bounty; an organizational initiative to financially help poor Christians celebrate Christmas. Though a noble step, the bounty amounts hardly to $30 or less.

I Wish Our Two Christian Staff Members to Celebrate Christmas to Full!

And Steemit community can help them celebrate it way better they are planning to. We can help them with the power we have; the Steem Power! We can fund their Christmas presents and celebrations from the rewards pool; which otherwise is going to scammers in huge amounts. We can make Christmas a memorable and happy time for them, instead of them thinking about their misfortunes. Here's the deal.

Two Christians, named Chand & Naveed, serve at our office as janitors. I request Steemit to help in raising at least $500 (USD value) to fund the Christmas celebrations of Chand, Naveed and their families.

At the time of writing, SBD is trading above $12 on Bittrex. To achieve the $500 target, we need to get only 42 SBD in payout of this post. I also know that Christmas is just 5 days away whereas the payout will be finalized in 7 days.

I have a solution for that too. My SBD balance is more than 68 right now and I can easily cashout 42 SBD @steempkrex and give the Pakistani amount to both the Christians on equality basis.

My SBDs are on open orders to acquire Steem but the target price is way too low so it won't happen anytime soon.

I can cashout 42 from my SBD balance when the payout of this post reaches a value when the 50 % / 50 % payout option yields 42 in SBD rewards. Let me share some math.

• To receive 42 SBD in author rewards with 50 % / 50 % options, total author rewards must be $84 (in Steemit post reward terms).

• To get $84 in author rewards, the total payout of this post must be $105 because 25 % of total post reward will go to curators (you).

Please participate generously. We have till Friday to hand over the collected amount to them before they are relieved for Christmas festivity with their families.

I will upvote 100 % and donate 5 Steem myself for the cause.

Note:- In case this post does not reach the desired payout, all existing liquid SBD payout will still be distributed equally between two families. Full proof of transactions and handing over will be provided on Friday as an update to this post and also a separate post to show the power of community.

Let's Help Two Families Celebrate Christmas

We can help. Two families will celebrate Christmas better. Are you willing to help me gather $500 (in USD) to fund Christmas to two poor families? If yes, please upvote this post till it reaches at least $105 in shown rewards.

Direct donations in SBD/Steem are also helpful.

This post is a test of community power. It would be great to see how the community responds to a charitable initiative. Please resteem to mobilize Steemians for a noble cause.