I agree...as much as we want to help out the less fortunate in Africa, the money gets stolen or forced out by threats of killing them, by the ruthless tribal leaders or corrupt governments. Look at the food trucks that hijacked and sold on black market to these people who are starving....
I help America first because when we fall....there will be no one financially able to give overseas to the less fortunate.
This was a private donation to what sounds like a private charity. Not US foreign aid to some faceless,useless NGO.
But your overall point is a good one. US Gubmint foreign aid to the third world is about as useful as handing a $20 to the drunk with a sign on the off ramp.