Many people right now are at home and could really use a job. so think more about starting companies that would employ people online doing legit work. Then your footprint to change the situation of the "third world" would be much deeper.
How exactly do you expect most people here to start companies and employ others when they themselves are involved in signature campaigns, bounties etc in order to earn money for themselves?
You cannot expect to just start a company out of the blue. It requires serious time and money investment. What Royse is doing here is more than enough even if its a drop in the ocean. Now, if more people donated any amount in this manner, those drops would form an ocean.