For all I know, this little boy has a net worth which exceeds my own. Charity is not the only means by which people can cope with disaster.
How much should I send? Enough to search for this boys parents? For how long? Using what method? Diverting what resources from feeding others? Who will decide?
How will you FEEL if I send money but then nobody bothers to search for this boys parents? Does that matter? Is there some amount of money that would ensure that a search was made for this one boy's parents? How much is that?
What will happen to this boy if not enough money is sent? Will he be put up for adoption by a local family? Sold into slavery? How much will ensure that he gets home?
I would gladly divert the entire budget of the United Nations to help this boy.
You see, cwiz24, some of us think forward and we think big. People like you throw money at charities and think you did some good. You are hurting these people more than you are helping them. You are spittin' into the wind.
I just heard a piece on the radio from a person from Sri Lanka who has immediate family in Sri Lanka begging us not to send aid! Why? Because she said all the "aid" that they have received over the years has been diverted to corrupt officials, the same thing William Tell and I have been saying.
You should spend your time and money getting the United States to stop sending our tax dollars overseas. That would be a far more noble cause.
In the end, the people of these poor regions of the world would benefit more in the long run if the taxpayers of the Unites States were no longer tax slaves.