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 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.
Well, in as much as you are right in your perspective, i think there is nothing wrong in them knowing about bitcoin even in their poverty, this might help some of them that might have been in search of such opportunity to change their life and view of things.
Let me use myself as an example, i was once a poor retched guy with absolutely no hope of anything good in my future, i was working a 6 to 8 job with a salary that can not carry me and my family till the next salary, i used to borrow to feed, and when i get my salary, i will pay off the loan and borrow again..
Until i discovered bitcoin and cryptocurrency, i didnt own a smart phone neither did i own a computer, i had to hustle to buy a smart phone, started earning free satoshies through faucets back in 2015, then found this forum in 2016, and started participating in airdrops, that was how i got to where i am today...
So personally, i see nothing wrong in letting those in the rural areas know about bitcoin, those who are really hungry for a change will find a way to benefit from all that bitcoin offers.