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Valyrian_Kobolds t1_j9v7phm wrote

Reply to comment by blahbleh112233 in Report says donors ‘turning away’ from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan by burningphoenix77888

There's lots of places to donate to that will alleviate human suffering more efficiently than donating towards regimes that will obviously steal the money to enrich themselves.

Unfortunately, we can't help everyone, so we reach the ones who are closest or easiest to lend a hand to.

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blahbleh112233 t1_j9vao9y wrote

With places locked down like NK and the Taliban? Not really since they won't let them in. But that's the rub I guess.

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Valyrian_Kobolds t1_j9vax3a wrote

I mean like... Mosquito nets in Africa (although malaria is less of an issue) because they're cheap and there wasn't bureaucracy preventing the help. or helping dig wells in those places.

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blahbleh112233 t1_j9vbhlk wrote

Yeah. I'm more specifically referring to totalitarian regimes that won't let NGO's in. Like NK is suffering massively from COVID, but they won't let the red cross do their thing independently at all.

And don't forget that the entire Black Hawk Down episode happened because Somali warlords were essentially robbing people of their food allotments right after they got out of sight of the UN peacekeepers.

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