The Steem News @ 5 August 2021 - SteemAmal House handover

Steem.Amal has now handed over its first house to Mr Samsul and his family.

This is a major achievement for Steem SEA's charity project.

Massive congratulations to @anroja, @el-nailul and all the hard working Steem.Amal team.

The whole Steem community is impressed and proud of what you have done !

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Today's Steem News also includes news and updates about the Steem Business Directory, Bank STEEM, TagSearcher & Scribe, Draft Crearte, Steem Skillshare, and more contests...

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1. Steem.Amal House Handover

The first house built by the Steem.Amal Housing Program was formally handed over today.

The keys of the house were presented by Steem SEA community leader @anroja to Mr Samsul who will be living there with his family.

Also helping with the ceremony were Steem.Amal Program Manager @el-nailul and North Aceh coordinator @heriadi.

The house cost around USD 4,500 to build in total and was financed entirely by funds raised through Steem.

The occasion also included the donation of money to some local orphans.

Team member @sofian88 reports on the handover...

• The Steem Amal Housing Inauguration event took place very wisely and lively [Thursday 5 August 2021]

@waterjoe has made a video of the ceremony...

• THE DIARY GAME - AUGUST 05, 2021: VIDEO UPLOAD ON YOUTUBE & WRITING POST TO STEEMIT - STEEMIT BREAK FOR 1000 MASK IN LHOKSEUMAWE & OFFICIAL OF CHARITY STEEM ASSISTANCE HOUSE IN NIBONG VILLAGE

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2. Steem.Amal Mask Distribution

In a second major activity on the same day the Steem.Amal team also distributed over 1000 Steem.Amal branded masks around Lhokseumawe City in Aceh.

This was both a promotional activity and to help combat Covid-19...

@radjasalman, @anroja, @miftahuddin and @tucsond have posted about the activity...

• Steem Promo: Distribution of masks steem.amal

• Photo Gallery : Distribution of Masks on the Main Street of Lhokseumawe

• Betterlife _ 1000 Charity Steem Mask Movement | for steem charity 50%

• PROMOTEEM WITH STEEM AMAL PROGRAM - DISTRIBUTION OF FREE MASKS FROM STEEM AMAL TO CAR AND MOTORCYCLE RIDERS

@waterjoe has made a video of the activity...

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3. Steem Business Directory

@pennsif has launched a directory of businesses that accept payments in Steem or SBD.

The first edition of the Steem Business Directory already has a dozen businesses in Ghana, Indonesia, Kazakstan, Mauritius, and Venezuela including grocery stores, cafes, a coffee company, an archery shop and a welding company...

• STEEM BUSINESS DIRECTORY : Edition #1 [5 August 2021]

If you know of any other businesses that accept STEEM payments please comment below.

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If you want to know more about how Steem can help businesses check out these communities...

• Business Activity run by @oscarcc89, @cindycam, @rjlv190 & @gensequini
  https://steemit.com/trending/hive-165917

• Steem Entrepreneurs run by @harferri, @irawandedy, @sofian88, @subkiusman & @tucsond
  https://steemit.com/trending/hive-120861

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4. Bank STEEM Android App

Developer @sogata has launched the Bank STEEM Android app for Steemians in Indonesia to buy and sell STEEM or SBD with Rupiah...

• BS Update : Launch the Android App for Bank STEEM

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5. TagSearcher & Scribe Updates

@starlord28 has made updates to his TagSearcher tool to include the Professors' grades on Crypto Academy homework posts.

He has also released a new version of Scribe...

• TagSearcher New Update | Scores Added | Scribe V 2.1.2 Released!

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6. Draft Crearte Workshops

Draft Crearte is inviting people to submit proposals to run art workshops in their community.

The closing date for proposals is 10 August...

• ArtWorkshop Project - Week 03 | Dictates a Creative Art Workshop

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7. Steem Skillshare Supporting Schools & Universities

@steem.skillshare is launching an initiative to make donations to support local schools, nurseries, colleges and universities...

• New Initiative: Donate to Local School or University

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8. Contests

@oscarcc89 is running a contest in Draft Crearte for people to design a Steem Mascot.

The contest runs until 10 August and there is 80 STEEM in prizes...

• ShowYourTalent with Steem - Contest #11: Design a mascot that represents Steem. | 80 STEEM in Prizes!

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Steem Infinity Zone is running a 'Best Author of the Day' contest with 10 STEEM to be won every day...

• SIZ Daily Contest #23 | Best Author of the Day (10 Steem Daily) by siz-official

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@steemwomensclub is running a contest asking people what they think about the community and how it can be improved. The contest runs until 10 August and there is 25 STEEM in prizes...

• Steem Women Club Contest #25 What do you think about the Steem Women Club Community? How can we make our community better on Steemit?

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KEY DATA [ from CoinMarketCap ]

STEEM price	US$ 0.50	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
STEEM price	0.00001244 BTC	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
CoinMarketCap Ranking	#174	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
SBD price	US$ 7.05	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
Alexa rank (steemit.com)	#5,599	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
Unique visitors (steemit.com)	542,292 / day	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC
Page views (steemit.com)	2,548,772 / day	05 Aug '21 5.49pm UTC

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This is #383 (05 Aug '21) of this daily news service.

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[ graphics & images by @pennsif // videos by @waterjoe ]