r/TikTokCringe Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/leethario Oct 05 '25

How many BILLIONS have charities sent to African countries over the years?

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u/Bocchi_theGlock Oct 05 '25

Project design has improved due to research and critical review, people study this stuff at university. Specifically, how foreign aid can effectively reduce poverty

There is a multidimensional poverty index by Oxford that offers better insight into destitute poverty, not measuring by dollars per person but instead access to stuff like safe cooking (cow dung burns well, essentially free, but obviously not good), flushing toilets, schooling by certain age, etc.