So much in the world, what people are doing, is opposite of this.

This is based on an expression in Dutch, that is about "mopping up with the faucet open".

The principle is : turn the faucet off first, then start mopping up. Or solve the problem first, then help clean up (help the victims).

I will be posting so many examples over time, in different places on this site.

But to illustrate, I have a couple of examples in mind.

One is about a charity organization in a village in Peru that provides daytime shelter for kids living on the streets. The point is to help educate them and support them with the hope they can build a somewhat normal life.

The possible problem here is that poor families might intentionally send kids on the streets to become part of this program if there is no real opportunity or school for them where they are (like in remote hills or something).

The big problem, is that people who care about the street kids, have less pressure to do something about preventing kids from coming on the streets, because they are being "taken care of" by this program.

The only real way to deal with problems like this is to focus first on stopping the stream of kids landing on the streets - analyizing, preventing, etc. Then move on to helping those on the streets already. This does not have to happen in order, as long as the focus remains on turning the faucet off, especially with trying to counter the effects of mopping up so that people think things are okay.

There are also numerous cases of where victims of this or that war are being helped, so much so, that the war itself becomes less of a concern, and upset people less, because at least the victims are being helped.