<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:13:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/foreignaid/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty, Inc.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source Introduction The documentary Poverty, Inc. explores the challenges of combating extreme poverty worldwide, emphasizing how those negatively impacted by poverty relief efforts often hold the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@aiden.carrera/poverty-inc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@aiden.carrera/poverty-inc</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aiden.carrera]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 05:16:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvB1oGfvmh4C18BxDfpZ3ejNVs9JrSVzKt1t94oXUisDhNk7qb2QuqVBHicbkaoFXucVkh9wRnnojiZNSAjxa2qf91SWrCZH7EMZ5ScKRJiTZdJv5KEqVpdLnvS1zjttYwMDCpyX6TSufgEpch6fHsHzE9EXuFi4hDWZVcbXd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hands Are For Helping, Not Hurting]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Background These days, everything is expensive. I can hardly go to the store without pausing in the egg section and shaking my head over just how expensive they have gotten. I do the same thing at]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@jonaus19/hands-are-for-helping-not-hurting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@jonaus19/hands-are-for-helping-not-hurting</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jonaus19]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:36:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMeWyYvnazHBuYXjfiSgrN1Zz6CawiuuME1A1vmWiHbcvdZabGTyZj38SSHpazJ71AP1UgsEokUPw4yAtyKtGz9?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Foreign Aid Isn't Always A Good Thing]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Marcus Butt/Getty Images/Ikon Images) Poverty, Inc., directed by Michael Matheson Miller, is a documentary that reveals the negative effect foreign aid can have on a country, such as many African countries.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@brookannd/why-foreign-aid-isnt-always-a-good-thing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@brookannd/why-foreign-aid-isnt-always-a-good-thing</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brookannd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 04:09:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLHA36VamSDJUFSZsEaxbB4Zh1GhwB1N3uAbrY5AyriJiwKEbsAEu53uJNcAz2mKYBzLfTwGDckZBHf6dcm4dasjbwfQfFAYXcKAGg3EHhVfsr6catDqy?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hidden Costs of Aid]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hidden Costs of Aid Image Source The Poverty Industry Poverty, Inc. is a documentary directed by Michael Matheson Miller, and it argues that poverty has turned into a global industry. We have seen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@bleedorange/the-hidden-costs-of-aid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@bleedorange/the-hidden-costs-of-aid</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[bleedorange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:49:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ynYBCHn3PDVrtyreiApbtopeDHdCkiGEeCfSjCfkuj2pcn4HhYnaoZkV92qb9bjMsepaRwDYtebGReJx325rb7rRXgBCpLMGyZxeNvMXCZwfFxwtk559bfLipPwL9kq8i42M6omKQn1TMQmQYgY8uvb57GB8J2ywHDtF1os4tnzwynJiemRuuSSks4etdoj5KVmRuA381LS2xiRfq4H93c5Lj82BwUDiwS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Perilous Side of Paternalism ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source The Social Effect of the Social Fact Throughout my life terms like “white savior complex,” or “hero syndrome,” have been thrown around in juxtaposition to the widespread messages of suffering]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/paternalism/@emilygwill/the-perilous-side-of-paternalism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/paternalism/@emilygwill/the-perilous-side-of-paternalism</guid><category><![CDATA[paternalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[emilygwill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 22:55:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdBUucZVrsEkbTjk3EYZBbSW51zgPFkvmDjUdGWjDwfKJrhcoCaPJW2RFAiHZyAx9eHfDxdpHdBkPyKa8fkqyUToghCHo6QG3H25SobVViADUNw2QrzeFuBmvrg74gpdvTQnZiW49vX4S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity Should Begin At Home-US Freezes Foreign "Aid" Payments]]></title><description><![CDATA[source A few days ago President Trump announced a freeze on foreign aid for 90 days whilst his team review who is getting how much and what the money is for. The United States spends around $50 billion]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/charity-should-begin-at-homeus-freezes-foreign-aid-payments-6zs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@cryptoandcoffee/charity-should-begin-at-homeus-freezes-foreign-aid-payments-6zs</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cryptoandcoffee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:56:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/pBMyo3B2Sao45kGEB1kRY9cJBFGQnrPp2qChGHkgVjzu1y6XFCd4yc32JkGudbxedbE4pxY1d6QA6btU5UoHQq4oUAqPVgVSGnmEDrbmtVWtYaJCw5zvSktQ81vzSXU5AjLgSS86j6FjswgaYBnUrDX9Zij2R8bKjZqkc43wupmE5azA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Response to Poverty Inc. Documentary ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Overview of Poverty Inc. The beginning of the documentary "Poverty Inc." starts with a quote from Niccolo Machiavelli: "the reason there will be no change is because the people who stand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/foreignaid/@clybus/response-to-poverty-inc-documentary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/foreignaid/@clybus/response-to-poverty-inc-documentary</guid><category><![CDATA[foreignaid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[clybus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2023 16:48:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgskW8qdBUucZVrsEkbTjk3EYZBbSW51zgPFkvmDjUdGWjDwfKJrhcoCaPJW2RFAiHZyAx9eHfDxdpHdBkPyKa8fkqyUToghCHo6QG3H25SobVViADUNw2QrzeFuBmvrg74gpdvTQnZiW49vX4S?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 09 Reflection - The Truth About Foreign Aid]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source The Perceived Need for Foreign Aid There is a clear distinction between countries that are developed and those that are not. Many people believe that it is the developed countries’ duty to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@lavender22/week-09-reflection-the-truth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@lavender22/week-09-reflection-the-truth</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lavender22]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2021 23:20:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qya717jY4hemJ4yGThw4XRvEREuGLTTFbk4zfri9tSdH8eB4QQPkSm7zqdCHGWFztogBWvxM6K5UUELbaqK3PztABqaHNyiJLYhUghM5hWXdKzFKFxnxUgAYp8FKEJeax8YSBEDjX4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Week 09 Response - The US Government Does Not Have a Moral Duty to Fulfill, We Do]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image Source This post is in response to the question, “Do we, as a economically prosperous developed nation, have a moral duty to help citizens of countries in need? If so, how and to what extent?” by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@lavender22/week-09-response-the-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/proofofbrain/@lavender22/week-09-response-the-us</guid><category><![CDATA[proofofbrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lavender22]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:52:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g73GywJLc4qya717jY4hemJ4yGThw4XUTv8qhDMS4qsnXr5iw2FMrYPSLAGCKjNkpjyiD3v6xvY8o1oHDLF3W1fkueZMTDCAFEbrsXaVfJp6eqzVycnTKw1GrjxyBnFXUj9J6sjYBFyWGPuXuqUA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Senior Guatemalan Official Says Trump Is Right, U.S. Aid Rarely Makes It To The Poor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Exclusive: Senior Guatemalan Official Says Trump Is Right, U.S. Aid Rarely Makes It To The Poor via @SaraCarterDC]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/maga/@nannyrooroo/exclusive-senior-guatemalan-official-says-trump-is-right-u-s-aid-rarely-makes-it-to-the-poor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/maga/@nannyrooroo/exclusive-senior-guatemalan-official-says-trump-is-right-u-s-aid-rarely-makes-it-to-the-poor</guid><category><![CDATA[maga]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nannyrooroo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jun 2019 04:25:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rand Paul tweets about something he found]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@afinity4justice/rand-paul-tweets-about-something-he-found</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@afinity4justice/rand-paul-tweets-about-something-he-found</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[afinity4justice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2018 01:56:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvT6xWCdz7q3QGD35ZKdaPpVrFksWkH3a5FK88TdbuPX4hZki64TgJVpaQA6S9w7egA3SLyFo5RVBQxAmfgH5YWJTauaAeoGQLEPQw4AgKQuninJN7oTwZyKEdpyrPWx1mDNVvzHvD35VZiJr2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA["FOREIGN AID FARCE: Rwanda gets £64m UK aid – and gives £30m to Arsenal" This can't be real, can it?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am a big believer in helping others so I think in the time of extreme natural disasters or similar events if a country is able to help they should, however on a more general basis I don't think the UK]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/media/@dr0tcl/foreign-aid-farce-rwanda-gets-gbp64m-uk-aid-and-gives-gbp30m-to-arsenal-this-can-t-be-real-can-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/media/@dr0tcl/foreign-aid-farce-rwanda-gets-gbp64m-uk-aid-and-gives-gbp30m-to-arsenal-this-can-t-be-real-can-it</guid><category><![CDATA[media]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dr0tcl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 10:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52Dkr5nBe4KqtwwgJ3UPngMSZCg3XVtUf1SpYQC1uAhotVmegUJVtgXk1CT6QbNGyES2hXpDMj4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Angela Merkel Continues To Support The Iranian Deal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Zolna Report May 24, 2018 Countries that don't support our President need to be cut aside. My video is at DLive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@tomtomandt/daf5c8e0-5faa-11e8-80ae-97b33bad0315</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dlive/@tomtomandt/daf5c8e0-5faa-11e8-80ae-97b33bad0315</guid><category><![CDATA[dlive]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tomtomandt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 23:41:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57stsyd46TG181DVhYAGQR15TgAyHBice7x8rHNiXfbT53BYZcRc19kGixU6SbHTNwgLjAf4EpmDPcFU2ashgJV?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality Check: If Haiti Is a “Shithole” Country, Who Is Really to Blame?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s been a couple of weeks but I had to take this one on: President Trump reportedly refers to African nations as well as the island nation of Haiti as a “shithole” and the media, both on the left and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/benswann/@benswann/knz7bv95</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/benswann/@benswann/knz7bv95</guid><category><![CDATA[benswann]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[benswann]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:58:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCMCmc9Fvbk6TDWnJmT9KuqPDmZKUX5SkQUwzXv8u9ickMRXL86sboAv37p7mMB?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Poor Countries Really Need Foreign Aid?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tonny Rutakirwa is a conscientious entrepreneur growing a multi-sectoral multinational out of London, United Kingdom. He is Chairman of Tonniez Group Holdings, which he founded in East Africa on 28th December]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/foreignaid/@tonnyrutakirwa/v0lyn7e2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/foreignaid/@tonnyrutakirwa/v0lyn7e2</guid><category><![CDATA[foreignaid]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[tonnyrutakirwa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:55:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/46aP2QbqUqBqwzwxM6L1P6uLNceBDDCM9ZY5436ckJ7M2SkBTj7Yfn3mpR4xnaGurk7UbK3kfstfiqTqHHTQPZaxj9Gp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Pakistan lose Its foreign Aid?]]></title><description><![CDATA[President Trump announced on the first day of the new year that Pakistan has given America nothing but “lies and deceit” in exchange for years of foreign aid. Just after 6 am on 1/1/18, the President tweeted,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/pakistan/@kcecchine/will-pakistan-lose-its-foreign-aid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/pakistan/@kcecchine/will-pakistan-lose-its-foreign-aid</guid><category><![CDATA[pakistan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kcecchine]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:50:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/CQdwDV8xyanvTicQ8Hfg3Wf38wKcZJGaS8zSsYedMqSxhC4Udv5kL7X7NygHN6a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australia is at its least generous moment in history (foreign aid)]]></title><description><![CDATA[FACTS: Australian foreign aid is currently at an all time low of 0.22% of Gross National Income (GNI). Since a 1970 General Assembly decision, Australia has been under an international obligation to secure]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@barrym8/australia-is-at-its-least-generous-moment-in-history-foreign-aid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@barrym8/australia-is-at-its-least-generous-moment-in-history-foreign-aid</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[barrym8]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 06:32:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/LcTxR7u1XKae8Zaj594qUJafNyNSBw9svATPAkZ81KVPUdPLzWccwbbpz8AruRAfRmvHdQbJJ91qLc7zTzDwSeTuAV6SYAdXTFDhU36ssjaRh8xmbLZkt4kobcyAtLUugUcUmE4GXV8WbHJnrTmXj3kxv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Should government give their citizens their rights? No. The citizens should be fighting for freedom, regardless. However, government can try to shrink in order to help people to be more independent, etc.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@joeyarnoldvn/ready</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freedom/@joeyarnoldvn/ready</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joeyarnoldvn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2017 18:03:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eRB74GGvXMtrR9th7Gjt59RJjhRezeQ89Dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aid to the Western World. Change your channel | Mallence Bart-Williams | TEDxBerlinSalon]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/africa/@rootss/aid-to-the-western-world-change-your-channel-or-mallence-bart-williams-or-tedxberlinsalon</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/africa/@rootss/aid-to-the-western-world-change-your-channel-or-mallence-bart-williams-or-tedxberlinsalon</guid><category><![CDATA[africa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rootss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2017 16:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2HgXGjVTMr3ncPao4SFb1NKnTZe3ftC7gJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foreign aid to country condemning man to death for blasphemy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Foreign aid, not always a good thing What are your thoughts on this? While I fully endorse that every country or culture is different and it is not within our right to tell them what to do. I don’t agree]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@exavier/foreign-aid-to-country-condemning-man-to-death-for-blasphemy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@exavier/foreign-aid-to-country-condemning-man-to-death-for-blasphemy</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[exavier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:02:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6KincH1mMRDFT4vcM8ZvNbzUJDvk92fWwtmad9L2MwGQHQVRLKvxitrXepzS9QkrWHMsxEeG2ry4V49EkCrePtKPXA7JFbtzUfmvLcEdwEVKCm7Je4CbUqxnwygw4RKsYRDRCP3sqMS7oGeRQsX15sStbSQzMfYUnfe2v1g9jzjpwCktbWxMta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>