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Philanthropy is the act of being a humanitarian and charitable towards the others in that the welfare of the disadvantaged in the community is improved. Just like Barbara Dodd Anderson, people should have a heart and motivation towards helping the others. It does not call for someone to be rich so that you can change the life of the disadvantaged person. The little effort that one employs through the use of the available resources is essential in improving the life of another person. However, the call to help someone depends on how that person can be of value to the others in the community. Sometimes, it feels awkward to help a person who is not willing to be of service to fellow humans, someone who is not committed towards the others and a person who is never concerned about his or her academic performance. At such a time, all the help, the time and the resources that one injects into such a person’s life might go to waste. With unlimited time and resources, one can be a philanthropist and make unbelievable changes in the lives of many people.
Offering to settle the fee balances for the students who have a good performance in their studies but cannot pay such debts is one of the things that one can do. Sometimes, people who can be helpful to the community experience financial challenges at one point in their lives in schools. Their parents and even guardians might not be having the ability to do so. Therefore, if one has the willingness, resources and time to help out such a person, it is very advisable to do so. Such a thing would then motivate them and allow them to study hard, be helpful to the others in future and also be beneficial to the community in general. Stepping into the life of someone who is charitable to the others, helping the community and also performing well in the academics world is one of the best things that one can do since a very productive person is molded from such difficult instances.
Financial challenges are not the only challenges that one can face. Most of the times, a good student can be facing psychological torture. It is, therefore, necessary to step in and assist such a student since failure to help them would lead to deterioration in their education and the relationship with the others. One can use their time to know the problems that such a student is facing and assist them if possible. If the problem is beyond the level that one can handle, using the resources that one has to take such a student to a person like a psychologist or another person who is qualified to handle such issues can be helpful. This would help bring the student back to their toes and allow them to move on generally with their life.
Additionally one can look for extra materials that benefit the students who have an excellent academic performance and willing to be helpful to the others and the community in general. For example, such students tend to use more time in handling other people issues than compared to the other students. Therefore, having teachers to help them during their free time can help them remain at the top and compete with the others who have all the time in the world to study and handle their issues.