It seems more efficient to try and raise economic activity to the point where foreign aid is no longer required; the OLPC was an attempt to do this through jump

It seems more efficient to try and raise economic activity to the point where foreign aid is no longer required; the OLPC was an attempt to do this through jump starting technology education. The areas for which it was intended did not need mosquito nets - places such as rural Mexico. These places have power and running water. While saving lives is a worthwhile goal, saving them just so they can carry on being perpetually dependent on foreign aid seems to be pretty unfair on both the nations giving aid and the nations receiving it.