No, they don’t need government help. They need a government that gets out of the way of private industry and charity. The free market works wherever it is allowed to operate.
My son ran into people in Malawi - Africa - who ate dirt sometimes when it was the only thing to eat. He met young teenage boy was head of the family since both parents had died. The life expectancy there is short. This country is a democracy and mostly Christian.
They have no problems with government intervention preventing business from taking off.
Every place doesn’t have the same opportunities we’ve had here and the reasons aren’t simple.