I started this post here telling about my dreams for my property in the Philippines. If you read the post you will find that things absolutely did not go according to plan.
I had all but given up on that dream as something that was just impossible. Until I came across Hive and got to thinking how it could have made all the difference all those years ago.
It may be too late for my dream there, but I'm going to rekindle my dream here on Hive to see if Web3 can make a difference in the world today.
That's my father in law and my wife from 20 years ago on property that I wanted to develop. It didn't end well. Lack of communication. Lack of updates. Lack of an easy way to get money from Canada to Philippines to develop the property all led to a neverending parade of issues.
Now I've read a lot of the posts and most of them tell how Hive has changed a person's life by allowing them to make money on the blockchain.
My post won't be like that. I approach it from the other side.
For me Hive allows me to SEND money quickly and easily to anyone! It also lets me read posts by everyone. In just a few minutes of looking I can find someone who knows how to work the land and farm! I can tell how hardworking they are by the pictures they take. I can reach out to those people with just a few keystrokes!
I searched for a decade for someone who knew how to plant Cassava and other crops in the Philippines. I found @monica-ene and @miztajovial in just minutes on Hive!
When I would send money to the Philippines before it would take me at least an hour or two to go to the remittance house. Then it would take the recipient half a day to get into town to pick up the money. Now the same task can be completed in mere moments! Even better. To send remittances I had to have bank information, phone number, address and much more. Now I can send money to anyone on hive. Period.
In the past it would take hours on the phone with a big long distance bill trying to explain work that I wanted to get done with no guarantees that the person understood.
Today I asked for a mission to be completed by a friend in Nigeria.
I sent the request in the morning. Got a response shortly thereafter. Sent the money within minutes after that. Had the task completed just in time for dinner!
Curious? You can check it out here
That was AMAZING!
Something I couldn't have accomplished with days of planning before was done on the spur of the moment from beginning to end within hours!
My dream all those years ago was to:
rehabilitate a piece of land.
plant it with an orchard.
harvest that orchard and then share the food with all those in the community.
It was impossible for forever but now with Hive maybe I can make it work. Not in the Philippines as I'll be doing that land myself. But maybe in someplace I've never visited....and probably never will....Africa!
Can I hire someone to work the land? I hope so.
Can I ask them to plant and work the land? I hope so.
Will I finally get the orchard I wanted? I hope so.
Will I finally be able to help feed those who can use some extra food? I hope so.
I'm working hard to build up money in Hive so that I can afford to follow this dream. In time I'm looking to find a partner who wants to take that money, have a job, and help his (or her) community.
It was something I spent 20 hard years trying for without success.
However, with Hive just maybe its possible.
For that reason alone I'm here typing away at my keyboard. Trying to make the message board a little more interesting. Trying to make enough money to make a tiny part of the world a better place.
Maybe if more people try to do something like that Hive truly can be a force of change in this world.
Just my little input
and thanks for reading!