Goats and Soda

A boy carries a sack of grain from a dugout canoe to shore in the village of Ambohitsara in eastern Madagascar, characterized as a low-income country by the World Bank. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption

A boy carries a sack of grain from a dugout canoe to shore in the village of Ambohitsara in eastern Madagascar, characterized as a low-income country by the World Bank. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption

Rohingya refugees collect drinking water from a pump in a camp in Bangladesh. Aurélie Marrier d'Unienville hide caption

Rohingya refugees reach out for food donations at the Kutupalong camp in southern Bangladesh. Tommy Trenchard/Caritas hide caption

When does food aid work? Hanna Barczyk for NPR hide caption

Somali children walk to a food distribution on the outskirts of Mogadishu on April 9. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A boy from a tribe in Northern Kenya stands on a dried-up river bed. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption