People don't get wiped out at death, they move on to wherever their cravings take them. So when you help somebody, you're giving something to someone who’s going to be lasting for a long time.

"[The Buddha is] saying that the people to whom you give have worth. It’s not that there’s nothing there or that the people get wiped out at death. They don’t. They move on to wherever their cravings take them. And so when you help somebody, you give something to someone who’s going to be lasting for a long time."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Spread Goodness Around" (Meditations9)

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