What can be done to help the poor apart from giving them money or food ?
Most poor peoples do not have much friends as our society repels them (sad truth). Therefore companionship is a good thing to offer. Be their friend, as indirectly you're giving them happiness too. Make the world a better place.
Poor people have to believe in being responsible for & accountable in their lives. Many poor people, especially in the United States, are the way they are because of a negative consciousness, mindset, mentality, & psychology. They maintain that the world is against & do not have a chance in society. They have to learn to become more pro-active in their lives & adopt a more positive consciousness, mindset, & outlook towards their lives.
Poor people must learn to think long term instead of thinking in the immediate. They tend to think instinctively instead of logically. This instinctive thinking harms them, keeping them mired in present circumstances. They must learn to plan, strategize, & organize for their betterment. If they planned, strategized, & organized their lives, they would see the value of the future & act accordingly. People who think of the future would do more constructive things to ensure that future.
Poor people must know the benefits of family planning. The average poor person have large/very large families(6 & more children per family). There is a strict correlation between large/very large families & impoverishment. The majority of large/very large families are poor to impoverished & worse. Children growing up in such families have little opportunities because there is very little monies to go around. Large/very large families struggle socioeconomically & oftentimes must depend upon outside support to keep them afloat. If poor people had small families(1-2 children per family), there would be less impoverishment for them & their children. Their children would have more opportunities opened up for them in small families.
The ultimate help for poor people are themselves, not the government, charity, or outside donations. Poor people must help themselves if they do not wish to be poor, pure and simple. If they acted smart and think long term, they see that their lifestyle is negative, beginning to think & act more constructively which will benefit them socioeconomically.
In a free society oftentimes poverty is the result of the adult individual making bad choices in life. (Dropping out of school, participating in crime, unplanned pregnancies, associating with negative toxic people, using drugs, lack of ambition or goals, fell out of favor with family and friends because of bad actions on their part.)
It's impossible to save people from themselves without taking away their rights to make choices (they) want to make in their life.
Staying in school, working hard, saving money, and not getting married or starting a family until after you and your spouse have established careers will generally keep someone from living on the streets. None of this is "rocket science" nor is it a "secret".
However everyone has a "story" !
When we change our circumstances change!
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