You keep hearing about impoverished Third World countries, who is first, who is second and is there a Fourth World??

I have a burning desire to help orphans/abandoned children in third world countries. I was wondering if anyone has any information on how I could best do this.
I do not have much money myself to donate, but I wish to raise money for charity, but which is the best one?? Which can do the most [...]

I’m wondering what degree would allow me to help small villages in developing countries.
What I would like to be able to visit a third world country and improve the lives of local villages. I want to be able to design and build hospitals, schools, power plants, residential houses, roads, basically anything that can help [...]

I would love to get involved in helping third world countries, and think it would be awesome to take a year or two off before I go to college to do so. I am not sure if there are any programs I can get into, or what the requirements are.. I am only seventeen but [...]

Just an FYI, I like animals. I think they should be treated fairly, although maybe not to the extent PETA would like. But I do not condone animal cruelty. On that same note, first world countries treat animals like royalty at times. There are plenty of pet owners who treat pets like they are their [...]

I’m 16 years old and my friend was telling me how she was going to kenya to help out and stuff through a program. I looked into the program and they are full for this summer. Does anyone have any idea what some good opportunities would be for me to go to a third world [...]

I would like to start an online business. I live in a third world Country and am looking for an online business that already exists in the west but has not been properly exploited in the a third world country. It should be low cost and involve a service preferably, not hard goods.
I would [...]

With all the illegal immigration and decline seen in the USA over the past 7 years, do you think that they will be a Third World country soon? The UK is already halfway there too. Are the Chinese destined to take over after the US becomes weaker?

I was watching a tv show about poverty, and the program had a misleading title of How to change lives or something to that extent.
A few minutes into the show, I realized that although charity helped third world countries, it only did so on an individual basis, and it’s effect was minimal.
In order to actually [...]

Industrialization has existed for over a century now, yet many countries in the world are still third and undeveloped. How much more time will pass until the entire world is modern and fully developed?
I don’t feel humanity can progress until this problem is solved.