Humanitarian assistance and distributive justice are two distinct approaches to helping the poor. Humanitarian assistance is a more immediate approach that focuses on providing relief to those in need. It involves providing aid directly to people who are suffering from poverty, such as food, housing, and medical care. This type of assistance can be given through donations or government programs designed to alleviate poverty by offering services like free health care or cash transfers. Although this approach has helped many individuals and families escape extreme poverty, it fails to address the underlying causes of poverty which require structural changes that go beyond simply giving out charity.