Why do you give aid?

Ofcourse you're generous and care for other people. How about the next passages...

"Allies offered $854 million in cash and in oil that was to be sold for cash. But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction, according to U.S. officials and contractors. Most of the aid went uncollected. Some offers were withdrawn or redirected to private groups such as the Red Cross. The rest has been delayed by red tape and bureaucratic limits on how it can be spent." Source: Washington Post

"Millions of pounds of taxpayers' aid money destined to help victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami is still stuck in the bank accounts of World Bank and United Nations organisations a year after the disaster, a report by the National Audit Office, Parliament's financial watchdog, revealed today." Source: Guardian Unlimited

"After analysing data from 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index, economist and emeritus Professor Wolfgang Kasper reveals, ‘A major cause for the rising tide of graft is foreign aid. Aid rarely reaches the poor and is rarely cost-effective. Despite assertions by well-paid foreign-aid lobbyists, unconditional foreign aid has failed. Thus, huge aid flows to Africa have only rewarded incompetent despots and kleptocratic elites, whereas absolute poverty has plummeted in India and China, countries which have received comparatively little foreign aid.’" Source: International Policy Network

"Corruption has been a seemingly insurmountable barrier to Russian development in the years since its economic and political transition began 10 years ago. Taxes are evaded through bribery, budget allocations for social programs are squandered for political favors, and foreign aid is embezzled by oligarchs for personal gain." Source: Impublished

I'm not suggesting you stop giving aid, but maybe you figure out a way to give aid in a way it does help the need. I'm not the man with the solution here, only suggest you think about this, talk with others and try to make a real difference.