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Consciously donating and helping

Many people depend on support when there is no social protection system or government aid.

It is difficult to treat beggars in the right way. Pay attention to whether locals give money, which is often the case in front of temples and mosques.
"Successful" begging children skip school. As a matter of principle, please don't give any money to children, even if it is difficult. Giving money means to maintain a vicious circle as the money often only benefits organised adult beggar gangs acting in the background.
Refrain from short-term voluntary service (so-called "Voluntourism") in schools and children's homes. You should leave it to local, educated professionals. More information can be found under https://www.tourism-watch.de/en/dossier/voluntourism.
Rather support reputable Child Rights and development organisations. For example, get informed about their projects and/or support respective activities of Bread for the World by making a donation.

Although there is progress in the global fight against poverty, income inequality varies considerably between the different regions of the world - being lowest in Europe, and the highest in the Middle East.
In recent decades, the income inequality has increased in almost all countries, with the top 1% of income earners worldwide benefiting twice as much from economic growth than the poorer 50% of the whole world population.
The 26 richest people own as much wealth as 50% of the world's poorest people.
The term "absolute poverty line" is defined by the World Bank as per-capita income below 1.90 USD/day. At the moment, about 736 million men and women live in absolute poverty, this amounts to more than one in ten people in this world.
Poverty encompasses more than money and income: People are also poor when they are excluded from social life - for example, when they lack access to medical care or education - and when they do not have the opportunity to actively participate in and decide on their living conditions.
750 million adults can neither read nor write, most of them are women.
The opportunity of attending school is a human right and foundation for the economic and social development of a country. In fact, not all children in the world have access to education - and much less have access to free education. Throughout the world, more than 58 million school-age children do not attend school, more than half of them are girls.