I agree, too, that giving privately is not enough, and that we ought to be campaigning actively for entirely new standards for both public and private con- tributions to famine relief. Indeed, I would sympathize with someone who thought that campaigning was more important than giving one- self, although I doubt whether preaching what one does not practice would be very effective. Unfortunately, for many people the idea that "it's the government's responsibility" is a reason for not giving which does not appear to entail any political action either.
I think to some extent privately is probably the best way to give aid/campaign through those means. Because depending, which country your in some governments are just not setup to sustain famine relief. The taxes would have to be shifted dramatically, military budget and Medicare. The way I look at the comment made by the author about why people do not give because they think its the "government' responsibility" is not necessarily true. For me I think the government is meant keep order and try to keep people a float, education and protect us. I would still donate to others because I know I do not trust the government to help out the very poor. Its sham politics are.. those politicians always just wanting the best for themselves. I want to believe the system truly works, but it has failed so many times for so many countries.