He believed in providing charity to the poor, and also believed that changing the environment would change residents' temperaments.
The members provided charity to less fortunate coreligionists in other countries.
The West provides charity to help feed Africa.
The tradition that the State Government provide charity for the most destitute, for example, has been replaced by programs to stimulate family and community businesses.
Religious life was dominated by religious charitable organizations often building mosques or fountains and providing charity to the poor.
"Everybody has choices on how to provide charity, and this is mine."
It is not to provide charity but to promote the birth, and ease the birth pains, of a market economy.
Samaritan's dilemma: the choice between providing charity and improving another's condition, and withholding it to prevent them from becoming dependent.
Since many of these religious orders provided charity, much of the local medical and social services were left in disarray.
The idea gains its momentum not from the desire to provide charity.