I have always come across people giving stories to promote bitcoin or give awareness of bitcoin in rural areas. It is a very nice job to tell people about bitcoin because it is the major currency in the world. In this rural area how can bitcoin be used when majority of people in the town are battling with poverty, and how can bitcoin be used when majority don't have access to Internet. I think people in rural area needs to be financially stable first before knowing bitcoin.
What rural area are you referring to? Is it a village or town? The bolded part of your post doesn't really mix well as I always assume a rural area unlike town is a settlement with few dwellers.
Back to the topic, don't assume that anyone who looks rural is poor or battling with poverty. The typical rural people own animals, lands, grow their own foods etc. I think decentralized tech could expose them to more knowledgeable people who live similar lifestyle, understand them better and have things they need like good and affordable healthcare system, homes, education, etc. that can be towed to their community when they need them. When it comes to providing internet access, we could get them the decentralized alternative that easy to deploy and more suitable for such settlement. I think true cryptocurrency community have lots of libertarian minded people and the likes (excluding the evil/worthless anarchy) can be at the position to advance such society in a unique manner.