Nothing. Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. Instead, I donate time and money to worthy causes which the homeless c

Nothing. Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it. Instead, I donate time and money to worthy causes which the homeless can take advantage of. I think this is an effect of living in Canada, where we have a very good social system for homeless people. If someone is on the streets here, it's likely because they have a mental illness which causes them to be unable to or simply refuse help. I am not sure what to do for people like that since "you can bring a horse to water but you can't make it drink." How can you force someone to go get help? I don't know the correct answer, but I know enabling them by giving them money is not the correct answer.