Had this been a corporate environment the net saving by using one person partly and an agent as opposed to one person full time for the time it would take to implement this, would be a net saving enough to cover utilities, water and food for an entire village.

It’s silly to act like this was an added cost in a vacuum, or that any costs translate directly into charity for arbitrary families. Also in some place it would even cover rent for half a day.

In Sydney Australia its < 2 days of median rent.

That's my electricity bill for a year, okay

In others it's pizza night for family or half a bill for sushi dinner, so what?