True. But how much of it actually helps?
The problem with charity in particular is that stuff like this happens:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/nov/24/africa-charity-water-pumps-roundabouts
And foreign aid has its own history of blunders:
http://edition.cnn.com/2001/US/11/01/ret.afghan.fooddrops/







