Here’s One Reason You Can Tip Me On Medium. (I Don’t Need It, But They Do)

I have other plans to monetize my content and tipping isn’t one of them. Your love and support are enough.

Yesterday, we celebrated our 75th Independence Day.

We hoisted our tricolour flag, paid tribute to our freedom fighters, appreciated the developments we have made, and looked forward to how we can make progress in the coming years.

As a nation, India has still got a lot of problems to solve, as does any other nation. One among many is food security and providing proper education to children of disadvantaged families.

I think it’s high time we address concerns like these not only for a country but the whole world. Let’s really make it a better place. But how? Here’s my small step.

New Medium feature: Tipping

It’s been a couple of weeks since Medium launched its new tipping feature.

It’s exciting as we writers get an additional way to support our writing journey. Readers who love our writing and want to support us can tip directly through platforms like Kofi or PayPal.

I was so excited and decided to create a brand new Kofi landing page so that I can receive tips. Or login to my Paypal and see how it works if linked directly.

I use one of my grandpa’s bank accounts for all my transactions. And because I live ~1,000 km away from home, I have that account’s ATM and Paytm (wow, that rhymes!)

A long time ago, I made a PayPal account. As it was my grandfather’s account and all documentation was perfectly in place, I didn’t have to do much to put these things in place (apart from adding an email, obviously).

I found doing the Stripe thing very complicated, so I dropped that.

After I found out I was not eligible for the Medium Partner Program because I am from India, I thought, what’s the use of that anyway?

Fast-forward a year and Medium has introduced tipping. The moment I was about to link my PayPal, I noticed something impressive.

And it striked me that I can do something different.

Can I link to an organization too? And I had one in mind already.

Why do I want to link to an organisation (and not my own Paypal)?

The organisation I am talking about is Akshaya Patra.

It is an NGO based in Bengaluru, India that strives to eliminate classroom hunger by implementing the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the government school.

Apart from that, it also has many initiatives to counter malnutrition and provide education to socio-economically disadvantaged children.

I have heard of this foundation a lot of times.

Did you know your $20 can feed a child for an entire year?

Yes, an entire year. You can estimate how much of an impact even a couple of your dollars can make.

This is possible because of the scale they are working on. I don’t think I can explain that any better than in this video (5 million+ views). Just take a tour:

Yes, you can appreciate me for being selfless. But the point is that the impact your donation makes here is no comparison to had I gotten that money. I would have simply wasted it on a movie the very next day, maybe.

Apart from continuously reminding me how privileged I am, simply putting this link under my articles might help a disadvantaged child get meals for an entire year.

We oftentimes forget how privileged we are if we have food to eat, a supply of clean water to drink, and a roof over our heads. We have that privilege just because we were born into a family that can support and afford that.

Millions of people around the globe can only dream of that. There’s no place these children can call school or home. Wouldn’t they have felt that God has been unjust to them?

Let’s play our small part and extend our support to help some of those realise their potential by filling their tummies and sending them to school.

This is a solution to a million different problems like child labour, poverty, illiteracy, exploitation of the poor, malnutrition and countless others.

I don’t need any money right now. I am a teenager who just writes on the Internet just to share things I know (and sometimes what I don’t know).

Yes, a couple of dollars would be awesome. But you know what, this is more awesome!

I have the love and support of a family that also includes you guys. Thanks for being there.

But not every child is as privileged as I am. If we can support them by providing them with a meal that would encourage them to go to school, it’s a thing we should definitely look at.

Let’s contribute even a dollar or Rs 100 if we can.

Donate here or look for the tipping section below this article. Or any of my other 170 articles. (edit: 225 articles)

Have a good day. Bye!

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