Are you helping <i>anyone</i> by attempting <i>and failing</i> to help 20?<p>If not, then help <i>a number you can actually help</i>. Apply a selection process: triage, sortition, intuition. Whatever.<p>Someone&#x27;s going to get helped, someone&#x27;s not.<p>If you&#x27;ve <i>got</i> additional bandwidth, make loudly known that there are more people who need help, and that others should step forward.<p>It&#x27;s rather like emergency first-responder practices.  First ensure you&#x27;re safe yourself. Then save who you can. Avoid wasting time on helpless cases, or those who can survive without help. Recruit others.