By training and enabling the poor to advocate for their rights.

They were both right. While most may cause problems, it doesn't mean that all do.

@Krish55 it also doesn't mean they are all good. Many have good intentions but the end product is often more misery. For instance I will not give any money for food. Food to destitute people means dependence on outside help and then that dependence is passed to the next generations. We need to taking family planning services more seriously. Why would starving people want to add to their misery by seeing their children (and grandchildren) starve. They do, however so the misery continues to grow.

@JackPedigo Starving people want to see their kids starve?

@JackPedigo But the US destroys the type of governments that promote family planning because these governments also try to control their own resources to help their people. The US supports the religious fanatics and reactionaries who get rid of family planning when they take control.

@Krish55 What else should they expect when they can't feed or even house themselves??? Perhaps even their own parents were in this situation and brought them into it. It just keeps going on and on. Why do so few people think of that? Why do so few use cognitive dissonance rule their lives?

@Krish55 Sorry, disagree. One would think (or want to) the the US controls ever aspect of people in other countries lives. We don't. Local culture (like having more than one wife (I even had first hand experience in this) and female circumcision and/or leaders who want a larger population are the major cause of local population growths. There is another aspect and that is developed countries increasing their immigration numbers as a way of getting cheap and controllable labor. Studies have shown people coming into another, wealthier country, have a higher fertility rate (within the first generation) than the natives. It would be interesting to check the fertility rate of Cubans coming to Florida as compared with both Cuba and the US.