
Originally Posted by
Andy
It gets disheartening because it begins to appear that impoverished factions become a profitable commodity for seemingly benign organizations. The first time I started to question their methods was when I read a book called Ismael about a talking gorilla who related to his human protege the reality that supporting a starving population and helping it to grow in an area that cannot support any more human life is just going to make the situation much worse in the long run, (as uncomfortable as those implications may be.)
But if you give from the goodness of your heart, (regardless of the recipient,) it will help you more than anyone else, and will be much more rewarding than any shiny, sexy glossy black thing that you could purchase for yourself. That is just my opinion.