What are your ideas for solutions around helping our generation's effort to end extreme poverty in the world?

[Halfling Pirate]

Perhaps the United States, and indeed the United Nations, should reach into the food surpluses and distribute food to many of the poorer nations. Perhaps another thing we could do is to have a tax-free government donation to food banks across the world.

But this concept is all in vain, unless we can prevent greed from corrupting people's minds. Greed will insure that these nations will stay in a state of poverty. Racism is also a contributing factor in this plight. Many will not give, because of the fact that a person is a different color than them, and it is sad. Others will say that it is up to that country's government to help them, when in reality, some of these countries won't give two sh**s about a person. It is a sad thing, that a person won't care about others. But this is human existence. Greed and intolerence reign supreme and children will suffer because of it.

The ultimate solution: Teach people about the suffering of others and about how greed and intolernce are links to greater problems. This is perhaps the only way to end suffering and poverty.