Who should take care of vulnerable groups?

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I was scolded today, but I felt happy and inspired. I got a mission to assist an old professor on his task of community empowerment. It is an aboriginal tribe in the mountain. It lacks of health-care, water supply, and most important of all, no money. How should I make this place better? First of all, I thought about my mother school and working place where are full of kind people capable of providing medical care, and I am sure that they are willing to do so. Second, I suggested that we develope the tourism industry to make more money. That is a beautiful place, and I am sure money will not become a problem. Then I was scolded, badly scolded. Who should take care of vulnerable groups? Not us, but the groups themslves. I learned that my feeling of wanting to help others was just an arrogance of a city guy. It is I who took their place to compare with my life, and it is only I who thought we should give them extra stuff. If I kept this arrogance and do what I think is "right," I would've totally destroy their culture and their independence. Their lives and future should depend on themselves but not on our seemingly kindness. What we should do is help them to help themselves.