Preventive anti-poverty programs designed for people living below the “poverty line,” i.e., those who do not have the minimum vital conditions of existence. Such charity programs may include educational, job creation and employment assistance, housing, medical, sanitary, epidemiological, cultural and educational projects, food aid and free meals, cash allowances, temporary shelters, psychological and legal assistance, etc.
Assistance to victims of social conflicts, disasters and natural calamities. It is assumed that as a result of large-scale, local or domestic events, individuals or groups of people find themselves deprived of vital conditions of existence. As a rule, victims of such events experience the full range of possible problems.
Rehabilitation of socially disadvantaged groups – the disabled, the sick, refugees, children, participants in military events, people who worked in dangerous conditions or were persecuted, etc.
By virtue of their characteristics, they objectively find themselves in a more difficult situation than the generally accepted view of people. In this case, charitable activity is aimed at raising their capabilities to the standard of living of the main part of the population.
The world is familiar with record charitable actions. For example, in 2010 in America billionaires signed the obligation to give not less than a half of their fortune to charity. Among these people were Microsoft founder Bill Gates and the founders of Facebook, the world’s largest social network, Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz.