All-pervasive corruption

A friend of mine, who has been in Bangladesh for over 20 years, training birth attendants all over country in such numbers and to such a high standard that she cannot go on holiday anywhere without bumping into one of them, told me that some of them had come to her with a major problem that they faced. "Some of the families whom we help give us 50 taka, some 100 taka and some give us nothing at all, but, if we shake our heads and say that there are such complications that they must go to the clinic, the clinic gives us 500 taka! Sister, what do we do? We have families to bring up."
Once again, corruption stands between every attempt to help this dear country and its effectiveness - corruption practised by those in positions of responsibility, including upper class professionals whose 'education' has not included any moral education that has had any effect at all.