What+does+this+video+make+you+wonder+about?-TPPC

First thoughts that come to mind after watching this video is: Are we hurting the poor by just giving them money? Are we lowering a poor person's ambition and motivation when handing out money? Would it be better to supply ideas and business plans to those in Africa, rather than just some extra change? Novogratz makes me wonder how there might be a wrong and right kind of charity, in terms of affecting the human spirit, and that you can hurt people with your imposed kindness in the long run. Novogratz also makes me release all the times I have assumed people want my help when they are in a fix, and how I might have been hurting their pride when making myself responsible for their needs with out taking to them time to ask whether I could enforce my charity on them. One of the most important issues that Novogratz raises is the loss of autonomy that many charity receivers feel and how many of them get into the habits of dependence that makes it a lot harder to create //sustainable// development. How much should we take into consideration this in the view of considering the type of aid given to Africa? I think what she's saying is that instead of working with the rhetoric of attempting to increase AID to Africa, we should be trying to empower Africa to help itself. Also, the issue that Novogratz most talks about is the harms of malaria, but obviously there is not one underlying solution to a lot of the things going on in Africa. In a place where it's really hard to even know where to start, I wonder what the starting point should be.

"Poverty" is a subjective term. The American poor are comparatively much poorer than the average American, but could be considered to be much better off than the African poor. Does Novogratz's idea of tackling poverty apply to America's urban poor? How can her model be adapted to areas with stronger economies?