The UK public perceives poverty as a consequence of war, famine and natural disasters, and despite giving, see donation as a flawed response.

Poverty in poor countries arises from internal causes: war, famine,
natural disasters, over-population, and of course corruption - currently
the UK public's top cause of poverty, when asked in DfID surveys
<http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/public-attitudes-april10
.pdf> .

And all we can do, they would say is to give money, which probably won't
reach the people for whom it is intended. This has been called the "Live
Aid <http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/live-aid> Legacy".

One respondent in research for Save the Children in 2009 said: "What's
happened since Live Aid
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/aid> ? I was at school
then. Now I'm 36 and nothing has really changed."

Source:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/mar/28
/aid-public-perceptions