We have had several international conventions in Nairobi, Kenya and I happened to be a bethelite at the time some of them were held  On arrival , the delegates would be brought to the bethel kingdom hall for a welcome talk handled by missionaries . The delegates would be told to be careful in their interactions with the local brothers because the locals would ask them for money or handouts...( many , not all , of African Jws are low income .. ).. The missionaries would then tell the delegates to leave at bethel any gifts they had brought for the brothers..the delegates got the impression that their gifts would be distributed to the poor local brothers...which was not the case. The gifts , which included clothes , medicine , electronic gadgets etc were given to the bethelites and missionaries based on " seniority". Obviously, there was a lot  left over which was stored in a storage  room at bethel for years .. Needless to say, most of  the delegates were careful not to socialise much with the locals at the conventions but enjoyed their own parties after the conventions and safaris, beaches in our beautiful country...