Charities can often be part ...

Charities can often be part of the problem. They can (not always) increase dependency on outside aid - and who are they accountable to? Not the end users, but to their financial donors. Incentives are often misaligned to the emphasis is on building or rehabilitating hardware and doing some token community engagement and training, but without viable supply chains, without viable value chains and cost recovery to cover life cycle costs, and without government providing an effective role as a regulator and conflict mediator, systems are all too frequently fail.  There is also a tension between humanitarian interventions that are focused on saving lives in the short term, but in doing so may destroy supply chains and livelihoods by handing stuff out for free.  Many NGOs also act in fragmented ways and often independently of government, and this leads to the mutual mistrust and can undermine government legitimacy. Governments will always be there, NGOs are transitory, therefore it is essential to strengthen government and civil society capacities. Yes, there maybe corruption, but ignoring it won't make it go away.