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> Of course you can always just throw money away/at people, but it won't do any good. "Give a man a fish" vs. "teach a man to fish." Yes, throwing fish at the
by berns 12y ago
> Of course you can always just throw money away/at people, but it won't do any good. "Give a man a fish" vs. "teach a man to fish."
Yes, throwing fish at the poorest is the right thing to do. Malnourished children grow with diminished intellectual capacity. Then it is too late to teach them to fish.
- wolfgke 12y agoBetter teach the people not to produce children if they can't nourish them.
- DanBC 12y agoWhat a horrible, ignorant, comment. Look at the recent US drought - were people wrong to have had children ten years ago? How were they to know that some areas of the US were going to be in severe multi-year drought? Why is it different if you change "the US" to some other part of the world? Have a read of "Too Poor To Farm" which explains some of the problems very poor people face, and explains some of the reasons why very poor people have children. http://www.irinnews.org/report/94947/lesotho-weather-extremes-threaten-food-security http://www.irinnews.org/report/94947/lesotho-weather-extreme...
- cbd1984 12y agoThe best way to do that is to educate young girls so they grow up into women who don't want to just pump out kids. It happened in the West, it can work elsewhere.
- knd775 12y agoUnfortunately, in a lot of places there is a regression in this area.
- ultimape 12y agoEven in the modern world, starvation and low nutrition among schoolchildren is a major problem. https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches https://www.ted.com/talks/ann_cooper_talks_school_lunches