I must confess, I initially thought it would be a post about you getting robbed off your phone which you normally don't go out with; Great it turned out to be an inspiring post about helping others out and also utilizing Bitcoin as a currency.
Actually 1st world countries are among those with the most number of people in absolute poverty, specially these days in Europe that the economy is falling apart. For example I was reading the Guardian a couple of weeks ago where it stated that in the first 4 months of this year more than a million British families became homeless and have been sleeping on the streets.
I agree that poverty is a thing in every part of the world, but it's an exaggeration to say 1st world countries are among the most number of people living in poverty.
The so called "third world countries" are actually characterized by extreme poverty and poor standard of living, significantly higher than in other regions. The current inflation and economic collapse is actually affecting every part of the world.