In 2018, a nonprofit organization gave US$500 to every adult in Ahenyo, a rural village in Kenya. The amount roughly matched a year’s income for people in the village, and it was given with no conditions except a promise that the villagers would talk to researchers two years later.
This project is one of many around the world that have tried to address how poverty can be diminished, and they do so through one simple solution: aid programs.
Did this gift of money lift villagers out of poverty? Or was it another failed philanthropic attempt? Click on to see how aid programs could potentially address the needs of the people.