2 Different worlds of suffering

Last week while I was in Zimbabwe, we were discussing the difference in 2 realities within Africa and many parts of the world.  This issue is true for 2 regions where ServLife is engagin (Sudan refugees and Zimbabwe)  What  condition is more hopeless?   People who have experienced a society of abudance and prosperity but the economy collapses and people live with little certainty of the future/stability  OR   a society that has only known harsh and extreme poverty and has never lived within a society of prosperity or opportunity (Sudan Refugess)?

Each place faces hopelesness and despair, but can you measure one place in a better position or worse position than the other? this contrast has puzzled my mind in recent days...