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Agreed, it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to find employment records and get back pay into the hands of the raters. But, according to several friends
by klyrs 3y ago
Agreed, it doesn't seem like it should be that hard to find employment records and get back pay into the hands of the raters. But, according to several friends of mine who have done charity work in various African nations, the hardest part is that poverty is so stark and corruption is so entrenched that you can't outsource benevolence. If you want to get money into the hands of a specific individual, you need to go there yourself, do the legwork, and pay them directly. If you pay somebody else to do it, the money evaporates.
North American companies don't like to do that legwork. They like to outsource every little thing, because that's how you minimize costs. You don't send your employees to Africa, that's risky. You don't pay North Americans $12/hr, either, because you don't want the hassle of directly employing people. Workers have rights here and if they get paid $1/hr they get uppity.
- jstarfish 3y ago> But, according to several friends of mine who have done charity work in various African nations, the hardest part is that poverty is so stark and corruption is so entrenched that you can't outsource benevolence. If you want to get money into the hands of a specific individual, you need to go there yourself, do the legwork, and pay them directly. If you pay somebody else to do it, the money evaporates. This isn't an Africa thing, it's typical third-world grift. What they're saying holds true anywhere, even with immigrant communities in America. You offer X Solutions $100 to do a job (what a steal!). X pockets $60 and solicits Y Recruitment for $40. Y pockets $30 and hires 10x Z Workers for $1 each. It's middlemen all the way down.