Charity comes from a word which means loving and caring for others.

Its dictionary
definition is ‘An institution, organization, or fund established to help the needy’

In the past, charity was about looking after those who were less well off, and some of the
earliest charities were set up to give money or food to the poor in their neighborhood.
These days ‘helping the needy’ in the community is still an important idea for many
charities, but they do a whole range of other things too. Firstly, we’ll look at some of the
problems that charities were formed to solve.

Many charities, rather than giving out aid, try to work with poor people to help them
survive independently. Charities like Oxfam help starving families by providing them
with seeds, tools and animals such as goats, so that they can grow their own food and
produce milk to sell.
Other organizations like Camfed (Campaign for Female Education) raise money so that
African girls can go to school and have an education, giving them a better chance of a
future free from poverty