One of the better ways to help the poor and needy people is to give them a hand up rather than a hand out. Giving them moral support,showing heartfelt humility and respect makes them aware that someone really does care about them and trying to improve their condition. By providing them with the opportunities to improve their condition on their own would increase their self-esteem and help them in overcoming barriers they face everyday. Work with the poor and needy people and help them discover their own capabilities and capacity and putting them to use at the right place at the right time. Support them and let them know that they have something of value which can be used for meeting their basic requirements.

Individuals can help the poor and needy people monetarily also. Providing financial assistance to the poor can help them solve the basic problems of living. By providing money to the poor and needy people, they can get the essentials of living. One can get associated with charitable houses and donate money there to help the needy. By providing monetary help to the needy people, they can get meal for their family, a place to live or some clothes.

Provide nutritious meals to the poor and needy people. Donating groceries can help end the hunger of poor and needy people. They cannot even afford a single time meal for themselves and their family, so donating food will make their stomach fill healthy. Rather than wasting food or throwing it, it is better to give it to a needy person.

By conducting collection drives for food, clothes, books, blankets and other necessities one can help the poor and needy people. These collection drives can be conducted in schools,offices or locality and reaches to the neediest people. It is one of the easiest way to help the poor and needy people. Contact the organizations who work for poor people to find out what they need and then organize collection drive by setting up containers at schools, or local premises in which people can drop off donations, ask offices to donate to the drive.

Volunteering time and skills can help the poor and needy people. Creating awareness among the people for helping the poor and needy people can get more and more individuals join the drive. Groups can be formed that can help the needy, buy them a meal, give them a ride to shelter and other necessary assistance. Volunteers can help and teach them. These volunteers can help in arranging free health camps, doctors can be invited to treat the poor and needy people.Even the smallest efforts count. By sparing just few hours a week and doing even the smallest bit possible can do great wonders for the poor and needy people. Also, one can encourage friends or family members to join for just a noble cause.

In order to help the poor and needy, one can donate the old stuff from old clothes to appliances, furniture and other materials.Rummage through your belongings and give them away to the needy. Delving through old stuff and donating does help the poor people and makes a difference to those who needs such stuff. Donating clothes especially in winter season when the weather is too cold is of great help to the poor and needy people. Unneeded stuff can be donated to brighten someone else’s day.

Imparting knowledge can help the poor and needy to stand on their feet. Education is the beginning of getting out from hardships of life. Giving free education to the poor and needy people help them to grow as individuals and help them lead a better life. Education can help them to get a job, be employed build career and achieve success, capability of handling problems and lead a successful life. The poor and needy people can become independent, self-sufficient and better human being through the power of education. Through education, we can help the poor and needy people to develop their skills so that they can take over efforts to revitalize their life rather than always depending on the outsiders to do so for them.

Our objective while conducting the plantation activity is to involve the local community so that the sense of responsibility and awareness can be imparted. Our preferred locations are generally schools, public parks and RWA parks as here the impact of the plantation drive has been beyond just digging a hole and planting a sapling. Our honest, profit free price and professional attitudes have attracted many like minded Corporates, RWA societies and individuals to choose us as their preferred partner while thinking of plantation activity under their name. Lastly, we would like to say that rather you choose us or not, but we humbly request you to Plant at least one Tree in a month. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”

A best gift is a gift which could make one happy and peaceful. We feel bliss when we receive gifts. We are indebted to the giver when we see the helpfulness and usefulness of that gift in our lives. Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad-gita by gifting this book / transcendental knowledge you save yourself and the receiver from the greatest danger. It is also stated in Gita Mahatmaya as below: gitadhyayana-silasya pranayama-parasyaca naiva santi hi papani purva-janma-krtani ca "If one reads Bhagavad-gita very sincerely and with all seriousness, then by the grace of the Lord the reactions of his past misdeeds will not act upon him." (gita-mahatmya 2) Bhagavad-gita invokes auspiciousness in the life of a person whoever accepts / distributes its teachings. Volumes of miseries could be easily eradicated just by simply reading these invaluable books. Bhagavad-gita is crown jewel among all the Vedic literatures. Sastras also states that: mala-nirmocanampumsam jala-snanam dine dine sakrdgitamrta-snanam samsara-mala-nasanam "one may cleanse himself daily by taking a bath in water, but if one takes a bath even once in the sacred Ganges water of Bhagavad-gita, for him the dirt of material life is altogether vanquished." (gita-mahatmya 3) Gifting mundane objects could give short-lived pleasures as long as the object lasts. With time, material objects dwindle and perishes and so its benefits. However, Bhagavad-gita and its teachings are permanent and it gives real happiness. A person is very dear to Lord Krishna who gifts this book and gets blessings from Him. Instead of gifting cake, flowers, greeting cards, dress etc., Gift a Srila Prabhupada’s book which would save from biggest dangers which is missing in the rare chance of human form of life. So why not help our near and dear ones by gifting this transcendental literature and give them real happiness.