Why should we bother to help the poor?

Any experiment that can benefit by one hairbreadth any single human life is a thousand times worth trying.

The City Without a Church by Henry Drummond. 

My friend,  Sylvie, is modeling a blue jean purse made out of scrap material. Two ladies are helping the women near the clinic learn to sew with sewing machines. The ladies' faces were lit with joy when I watched them model their new creations. 

Well, it's just scrap material. And it's just a few ladies. And how much a difference can this project be? Well I chose to side with Henry Drummond who wrote that nice quote above. And I saw the faces that were beaming with pride.