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Leisher
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Apparently, people volunteering in foreign countries to help the locals has become a huge business, and the volunteers are doing more harm than good. Not their fault, aside from the emotional trauma of abandoning children..., but local people have realized they can make a profit off of these volunteers so they intentionally keep the standard of living low to encourage more volunteers and their donations.

Here's a whole bunch of YouTube videos about it including a TED talk.
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Overall, this is just a dumb idea. If you want to help, fund people who know how to help and are good at it.
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Sounds like how US grain donations keep the farmers in these foreign countries from being able to make a living.
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