Charity only lifts people out of poverty when it changes their fundamental situation, its the old adage; give a man a fish you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
However there is more to altruism than pure charity with money. For example I run BOINC
The Sun Exchange. on my computers and smartphones and search for cures for diseases like AIDS, Ebola, childhood cancers and more. This kind of action starts to solve the problems, not just treat the symptoms, you can even cover costs of electric with dedicated crypto-currency #gridcoin.
I also have solar PV on my home and am part of #solarcoin, there are many people involved in that project building solar villages in the developing world and we hope SolarCoin can become a valuable resource for solar offgrid villages. You can already use SolarCoin to buy into projects like
There are many other ways to do good things, without simply giving money.
I'm fully with you. I just think charity became an industry that completely misses his official goal.