> wish it was easy for people in rich countries to buy someone a cow, change the roof, pay for a kid's school etc etc. GiveDirectly does something very much li

> wish it was easy for people in rich countries to buy someone a cow, change the roof, pay for a kid's school etc etc. GiveDirectly does something very much like that. It's not quite a one-to-one link (there is a bit of planning involved so that they can do research on the effectiveness of their programs), but still, a very high percentage of what folks donate to them is paid directly to people living in extreme poverty, with little overhead. They have researched what the money is used for, and almost all of that is for either education or acquiring durable capital like you describe.