One of the great things about being a writer is that you get to meet people from all kinds of backgrounds and nationalities. As you get to know some of them and hear their life stories, they slowly become less like strangers and more like family.

Even more so when you start to understand some of the daily struggles they face; struggles that are often the result of circumstances they had no hand in creating, including the political regimes and economic systems they happen to live under.

From the destruction of war and hyperinflation to injustice and life-threatening medical conditions, you get to hear it all. More often than not, the very institutions meant to help are either unable to help or have become part of the problem.

At first, you feel overwhelmed by it all. You hear these individual stories and wonder how anyone is supposed to make a difference when the problems are so much bigger than any one person.

However, you eventually, reach a point where simply hearing about it isn't enough. You feel compelled to do something, even if what you can do doesn't solve the problem in its entirety. At least you know you've made a small difference in someone's life.

This is why I launched Mannaah. Mannaah exists to document the stories of people facing these challenges and, where possible, connect them with people willing and able to help.

Bitcoin is a major part of this mission because many of the places where help is needed are either sanctioned, financially excluded, or both. When someone desperately needs help, the last thing they should have to worry about is whether the country they were born in will determine whether that help can reach them. For people in Iran, for example, this is their reality.

Right now, that means two people in particular. Saeed is an Iranian whose home was destroyed by a missile. He is now trying to pick up the pieces and find somewhere to rebuild his life. Then there's Veronica, a single mother from Zimbabwe who recently lost her job and is trying to keep her son in school while she works to get back on her feet in an already difficult economic environment.

Their circumstances are different, but the underlying reality is the same, they are human beings going through challenges they did not choose, and they need a helping hand to get through them.

Sometimes, that helping hand can feel like a miracle and perhaps that's what makes this worth doing. Unstoppable money enables unstoppable compassion.

Mannaah is about using that freedom to make the world a little better, one person at a time. Follow Mannaah (https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqsgs5jl97ratc8xe2lyfvz82l8uy2drztl8weypdc93emm0m7urm4gef90ef) on Nostr. Meet the people behind the stories, and where you can, help someone who needs it.

Help doesn't ask where you're from.