An individual action is not a solution for a systemic problem. His personal donation will do nothing to solve the problem.
It would also lead by example. If others followed him, he would have helped the lives of many times that.
Imagine you are in a position when something happens that you believe is unfair and you have a way to reduce that unfairness, even just a tiny bit. Wouldn't you do it?
Would you only write an editorial and not rectify it?