Raluca Florescu

Poverty does not end by giving people money, it ends by giving people ideas.

Money can help someone survive for a while, but it does not change a life. What truly keeps people in poverty is the lack of meaning, direction, and purpose. When someone wakes up every day without knowing why, without an idea of what they could become, they slowly stop trying. Time passes, energy fades, and hope disappears.

To end poverty, we need to give people ideas, not just assistance. We need to give them purpose, something to move toward, something that makes life feel worth living. When people have a purpose, they act.
Even dreaming is an action. When someone dreams every day about doing something, one day they get up from the couch and start moving in that direction. Action begins long before success.

This is not about God giving people a purpose. Purpose is not assigned from outside, purpose is chosen. It is something you choose every day through what you think about, what you care about, and what you decide to work on. Asking for something is already an action. Thinking about an idea brings it closer to reality. Nothing changes if you do nothing.

Ending poverty means giving people the freedom and courage to choose a purpose for themselves. When that happens, everything else can begin to change.