Summary Of The Documentary Poverty Inc.

United States charities that aid countries in poverty are not often helping those countries the way they should be doing so. For Example, when America gave Haiti supplies such as food, clothes and shoes they may have helped Haiti’s immediate issue but when they gave Haiti all of these things it made it difficult for businesses to sell something that could be obtained without purchase. The solution to Haiti’s lack of supplies shouldn’t be solved by dumping bulk items that ruin their market but by assisting them financially in a way to set them up for success in the future. In the documentary Poverty Inc. there was a discussion pertaining Tom’s Shoes. This company was attempting to donate a pair of shoes to children in Haiti for every pair of shoes that were bought. The add that was displayed in the film said that these children would have shoes for the rest of their lives implying that they would have to be beggars and that their country would not be able to provide for their own citizens with shoes manufactured in Haiti. Almost everyone in this world would want to do things on their own without having to beg. Poverty Inc. explains this through the emotions of the people in need. …show more content…
This business was becoming more and more prosperous until a church group wanted to give to Haiti by giving them free eggs. Well, when people could get eggs for free why would they want to buy them? They wouldn’t want to buy eggs. This forced the farmer to sell his chickens and he went out of business. Although the church was just trying to help the situation, they ended up damaging it even more. It is very obvious that if nobody has a farm to produce eggs then there won’t be any eggs distributed without help from another