That is not quite accurate. It is foreign aid that equates to giving men fish that is the problem. Foreign aid that teaches them to fish using the resources they have on hand is an enabler.
I am referring to the old saying, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime."
Too much of foreign aid introduces technologies that the locals have no knowledge of and cannot maintain; as soon as the aid workers leave, the technologies break down and the locals are no better off than they were, except that now they have useless technologies sitting around rusting.
Its an embarrassment, but the things done by China in Africa are far smarter, more effective, and are built to give China an advantage.
And then we send liberal college women with no skills to go sing songs with children.
They won’t adopt even the most innocuous technology. My daughter spent seven months at an orphanage and they cooked in a hut: a two by four foot adobe hut with a roof without a chimney. The women who cook die from the smoke inhalation, but they refuse to change. I suggested a rocket stove to produce a clean fire and reduce wood consumption, but the idea was ridiculed, even though the stoves were produced relatively locally.
The culture is the problem. Tribalism and stupidity are a cruel mix; however, it is the perfect mix for leftist dictators. People would rather spend time waiting on their government rice than building any sort of infrastructure. Production sources are not viewed as means of support; they are viewed as targets.
Make a man fish instead of shop with EBT and you're a fascist bully and probably a racist.