Very well put.  Do not just give them a fish, but teach them how to fish.

James Newtons Massmind wrote:

>To be honest, the issue for me is my lack of faith that even what does reach
>the needy will be of any lasting effect. Watch "Beyond Boarders" and think
>about what happened to each and every group they were trying to help, after
>that help was lost.
>
>The key is: Sustainability.
>
>What good is a Band-Aid today when there is no way to grow food in the
>foreseeable future?
>
>It seems to me that many aid efforts lack what any good emergency room has:
>Triage.
>
>Lets put our efforts into places where just a little help has a long
>reaching, multiplying effect.
>
>http://www.heifer.org is my preferred charity. One little chicken or
>pregnant cow can end up as a flock or herd in a few years and not only feed
>a few, today, but reproduce and feed the village down the road. Combined
>with education, it makes all the difference.
>
>Note that Heifer does NOT work in the middle east, Lebanon, Palestine,
>Israel, Iraq, Iran, Cambodia, Afghanistan or any of the other insane parts
>of the earth where people are just killing each other year after year after
>year for no apparent reason. These places are like the guy who didn't wear a
>helmet and has his brains bashed in during a motorcycle accident; yes, he
>may still be alive right now, but should the emergency room try to save him
>or the guy who fell while trying to install a PV system on his house and has
>a broken rib and internal bleeding?
>
>We can only do so much... Let it be for those who are not mad. And let the
>mad ones pass from the earth on their own.
>
>---
>James.
> 
>
>  
>
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