Various reasons - first of all - in the developed world there are social safety networks that should take care of the less fortunate. So a beggar on the street

Various reasons - first of all - in the developed world there are social safety networks that should take care of the less fortunate. So a beggar on the street means my government has failed. Second - begging is lucrative industry in parts of the world. Third poor != beggar. The people that they gave money to were poor but were also young, employed (in agriculture) and integrated into society.