This is a message for both everyone who created a mutual aid campaign and are still waiting, and everyone who’s helping.
At the beginning things went much faster when it was just one person at a time on the Mutual Aid page, we used to be able to help 2-4 people every 1-2 days. But ever since it was increased to 3 people at a time on the page it now takes much longer, the 3 people who are currently on the Mutual Aid page without their goal being met have been there for almost 2 weeks now. I believe we don’t have the ratio for 3 people at a time yet, so the money is spread too slowly and the morale to donate goes down when donors see that many people at once and the amount for the goal not rising. So after the current people waiting for their goal on the mutual aid page reach their goal, I’ll be decreasing the amount of people to 1 person at a time, and we focus on that person specifically until they reach their goal, and we go to the next person.
The app is increasingly getting more known, I’ll continue fighting to get it to become as popular as possible so mutual aid becomes faster. There will reach a day where 10-20 people a day will be able to receive help/reach their goals. For now we’re not popular but we’ll get there.
I’ll also do my best to code better ways to make giving easier. PayPal is currently the only method that both allows Mutual Aid and also has a method of counting the donations; they send something called IPN (Instant payment notification) info to our network which our API (something that communicates with other networks) is setup to pick up and allows us to use that info to update/increase that green bar/number you see on the campaigns, otherwise there’s no way to see what/the amount the receiver received and who donated it, and this whole goal system won’t work. Cashapp doesn’t have this. And all other payment methods that can do it, like Stripe etc don’t allow Mutual Aid, they allow Fundraisers for a specific significant causes like “help hungry children” “help fund research for cancer cures” etc, but they don’t allow what we’re currently doing like randomly helping a random person pay their car note or their water bill, or their rent, things like that. Again PayPal and Cashapp are the only ones that allow Mutual Aid, and Cashapp doesn’t have IPN unless you use a Business Cash App account, which most don’t have and it complicates things. PayPal allows donations to any account, personal or business, and allow you to not have to sign in/register, letting use your debit card quickly without an account. There is another way to do it which makes donating extremely smooth, allowing things like Apple Pay/and other instant payment me to odd, but the money would have to come to me and I distribute it, but I 150% want to avoid that, I want the money to always directly go to you without it ever seeing my hands (I have my reasons, and some of those reasons are obvious, but the simplest reason is: I want your money to be handed to you directly because there’s more trust that way and I can never be accused of anything) so we’ll continue with this method and improve on it, I’ll find new methods and code new ways to make things smoother.
This was just a message to let you know that there’s not a single person I’m ignoring or don’t plan to get to. I’m working hard all day at all moments to make a lot of impossible things happen and getting to dozens of people at once, I know it’s hard to be patient in a lot of your circumstances and I appreciate your patience.
I also thank everyone who’s been helping, it truly means a lot and so many people in the community have been helped out of situations they couldn’t find their way out of, I appreciate you all so much, and most of all the people you help appreciate you.
Going to go continue working hard to make things happen. Sorry for taking your time with this very long message, have an amazing day week! (If there are typos please forgive me)
Mom in need
Hello I’m a mother of 7. We usually do well on our own, but I lost my job in the middle of the year and we’ve been struggling since. I received possession eviction a few days ago, and I have until January 2nd to move my property out. I haven’t been able to find a job, I just need some help. Life is currently a mess and I don’t know where to turn, but I’ll be using the money to help with a few emergencies like finding a new place and expenses like groceries to feed my family while I try to get a job and try to find the next steps to restore our life.
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Thank you for your service and support of our communities. 🤎
Understood all we can do Is be patient. Thank you
You’re doing amazing, friend!
Thank you for your transparency and getting the message out quickly. Hoping the best for you, your app/child, and hoping the best for all of us.
Have a wonderful day guys 🖤🤎
Thank you so much for the update as well as everything that you continue to do for the community. Your efforts and hard work are not going unnoticed. We all truly appreciate it.
Thank you so much for the update. I think it’s better for one person at a time. We can knock them out and go to the next. 🙂 Thank you for all you do.
I love this! Thank you so much for even thinking of this idea. Much love to you!
i think u r an amzing human! keep up the good work & stay encouraged! i adore & love what u stand for🫶🏼
Thank you for this! I am one who has been waiting and really and truly appreciate the transparency! Good things come to those who wait!
thank you for this update. We appreciate you and the work that you do.
Thank you for all your help! You are making changes in this world. I pray we all are able to reach our goals and are eventually are able to help others in upcoming circumstances. Thank you again!!!
Thank you for all that you do 🫶🏽
Thank you so much for everything you’ve built and are building for our community.
I love that you explained this! Thank you for creating this app!
Totally understand, thanks for what you all do!
Thank you guys for all the support thus far. We all appreciate you guys for the good work & good energy you are putting out into the community we needed for of that good pure loving 🧡
Thank you for your transparency, just keep trusting the process.
Thank you so very much! Your transparency and honest spirit is everything.💛
🧿🙏🏼🧿🙏🏼🧿♾️🧿🙏🏼🧿🙏🏼🧿.
I love the fresh produce delivered, the corn and sweet potatoes and watermelon were great. I will continue to support.
Thank you for this information have a great day
Thank you for the update! We appreciate you and all of your hard work!
We appreciate everything you are doing. And good things come to those who wait 🤍
Thank you for creating this app. And thank you for all that you are doing for us!
Understandable ..
🤎🤎🤎
Patient is a virtue.
Thank you so much for everything you’re doing. I’d be willing to help spread the word with marketing and communications of you need it.
Thanks for the communication and the update greatly appreciated it.
Thank you for the update.
totally understandable and makes sense! I like the one person at a time model anyway, it’s more personal and direct! Yall got this! 👏🏽✨
This is such a beautiful way to give back to community. 🫶🏽
Understood I can imagine the line is long.
Thank you for your support and being so communicative. 🫶🏾
Thank you. I appreciate the information and the opportunity for help for my son. 💖
I just want to thank you for your hard work. I remember when the app first launched and how great of an idea it was. I’m glad to see it getting better and more known. I know you’re working hard on it, and it’s great we have this mutual aid network because we know how hard it can be to get donations when you look like us. And it’s so much easier to just help this way instead of going through complicated stuff or giving to a charity and you never know what they’re actually doing with the money. I thank you and the people who help because it’s very much needed!
Wow you are truly a light. All business and company owners could take a page out of your book.
I hope you take pride in what you’ve done for the ones this app has helped so far. Your efforts do not go unnoticed or under appreciated! Your heart is amazing! Thank you!
It’s all understood. The economy is touching everyone, babies went to school. It is what it is. Patience has become very familiar with the things I’m going through. I appreciate the thoughtfulness of this mutual aid that Miiriya has created. God bless us all.
Thank you for the updated information.
Hello! Thank you for all that you’re doing! I was just wondering if there was something I’d need to submit for verification? I saw something I logged in after submitting my campaign but it disappeared before I could read it in full and I just didn’t wanna get left behind because I missed a step somewhere!!
Thank you so much for all that you do for the community.
Ok got it just saw this message thank you for all your doing for people you haven’t met, you are a true humanitarian and hero, may God bless you work everything you need 🙏🏼 🙏🏼
This is wonderful. Happy to help where I can 🖤