Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. | Proverbs 13:23 (NASB)

This ancient wisdom provides insight into helping currently socioeconomically disadvantaged or impoverished people groups. One must approach interactions with the understanding that the solution lies within the people. The role of those who come alongside is not to fix problems but to free people from that which is not right. Sometimes that injustice will lie within a system (e.g. discrimination or exploitation). Often too, though, injustice will lie within individuals or the collective people group (e.g. destructive beliefs or behaviors). Those who want to help people leverage their own unharnessed resources must pay attention to both forms of injustice.