Stop Funding Exploitation: The Hardest Yet Most Impactful Help Refrain from offering money or food to beggars—it may seem like an act of kindness, but it often fuels an organized web of human trafficking. More often than not, your generosity ends up enriching traffickers rather than helping those in need. The real way to help? Break the cycle. Control your emotions and resist giving directly. When such exploitative networks lose their financial support, they will crumble, liberating those trapped within them. True compassion lies in disrupting the system, not sustaining it. Let your refusal be the force that dismantles these operations for good.