Beacon Journal | 01/26/2005 | The saving grace of smart philanthropy: "The saving grace of smart philanthropy
From an editorial in Tuesday's Washington Post:
It can be frustratingly hard to turn money from the rich world into progress against global poverty. An aid program can finance the purchase of school textbooks or the construction of a well. But the books are lifeless without competent teachers.... Equally, the well won't help much if... the politics of the village leave the poorest without access to it. But there's one type of aid that escapes many of these obstacles. Vaccination programs can protect millions of people from debilitating diseases. And once the vaccines are delivered, the gains are locked in: No matter how tough the environment, vaccinated people's health will still be protected."
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