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#### I just remembered one of the things that made Steem great for me back in the day.
#### The simple ability to help make people's lives better.
#### Although I have learnt a lot on Steem, developed new skills, spoken with many fascinating people, the one big stand out for my time on Steem has been my work with A Dollar A Day.
#### Raising over US$ 5000 in less than a year, and with that money helping dozens and dozens of people around the world encapsulated the very essence of what I thought Steem represented. A new take on the world.
--- --- Because of the time demands of the SOS Forums and the Steem Daily News, and because of the dramatically reduced value of STEEM, I put A Dollar A Day into a state of semi-hibernation for the last few months. I had hoped there would be a recovery to increase the value of the donations to the recipients but that hasn't happened. I have therefore been giving out larger one-off donations to projects and causes as they came up. Most recently these have included larger donations to @papilloncharity for computers to a school in South Africa, and to @schoolforsdg4 towards the running of their slum school in Bangladesh. These donations brought our remaining funds down to around 200 SBD. I am very grateful to various kind folk on Steem who have continued to send donations including most recently @steevc, @marblely, @quochuy and @drakos. And there was still some remaining from the large donation from @delishtreats from a few months back. --- --- ### Random Kindness Education Program

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Today I came across the Random Kindness Education Program being run by @meetmysuperego in the Philippines. > Random Kindness Education Program aims to assist underprivileged children or youth in their financial needs to be able to continue their education. This is a type of need-based scholarship that qualifies students to get a monthly grant based on their economic status. * https://steemit.com/philippines/@randomkindness/random-kindness-education-program

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The first beneficiaries of the project are 14 year old Angeline and her 12 year old brother Milky. They come from the Mamanwa tribe, a group of indigenous people living in Barangay Kagbana Burauen, Leyte. The family are subsistence farmers and they live a long way from the nearest market town. They cannot afford education for their children. @meetmysuperego has stepped in to help them through her Random Kindness project. Angeline and Milky have this week started at Burauen Comprehensive National Highschool.

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They have found a room to rent and @meetmysuperego is covering the $14 per month cost for that. She is now looking to raise US$40 per month to cover the school costs for Angeline and Milky. I have just sent over an initial donation of 39 SBD from the remaining funds of A Dollar A Day to help with the initial school costs. I will be sending more from @adollaraday shortly. **If you would like to support Angeline and Milky you can send donations direct to the @randomkindness account.** **If you prefer you can send to the @adollaraday account and I will endeavour to bundle them up to reach the $40 needed each month.** Thank you. --- [ A Dollar A Day logo by @hungryhustle // other images from @meetmysuperego ]