Engineering Physics Student at McMaster University exploring differential tech development. I will be attending EAG Bay Area and would love to talk!
For anyone interested in this topic, I recommend listening to this podcast, which hosts Kevin Esvelt and Jonas Sandbrink. They cover a lot of similar ground as the paper and I found it to be a pretty good listen.
There are now people who are trying to help those in your situation. https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/L4S2NCysoJxgCBuB6/announcing-nonlinear-emergency-funding
I think this could have a really big impact and has great potential. Zakat is a big thing in the Muslim world and making even some of it more effective is worth pursuing!