You think you can help with that cash?

Our first world gouverments did spent billions as development aid in the third world. Did they did help?

If I had to spent 1 Mio $ to help others. What would be helpful at the end?

Probably I would be able to help at switzerland, in a culture and environment I did understand.

Our helping organisations did show in africa, what they was able to do. Many villages without a drinking fountain, then you meet a village where are 5 pieces side by side. From red cross germany, swiss red cross some eu branded helping organisations. Ok maybe wrong planning... BUT..

They did too want to do something good, or? Does it really help this villages in africa, to build drinking fountains?

Would you build also drinking foutains to make a difference?

Everything is stick together. Optaining more water out of the ground, change the groundwater level, let stop working these drinking foutains they did by themself in villages nearby. Let the plants to die slowly. Now also these villages need help, who did was able to help themself before.

So building drinking fountains did change something in the nature - I didnt calculated before.

What did my "help" did too. Was there s a social structure before? Did the locals did use water more economical as it was rare? Was it a job of a family to obtain water? What else happens unexpected, with build there drinking fountains? Did the population start to grow faster than before?

Also with "I want to do something good", with making a difference, I can do a lot of shi***t.

Even going for planting trees in the desert (like other candidates did rom the hostage thread) could change the local environment unexpected.

Surfy

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