food for the less fortunate

Continuing on the subject of giving food to beggars:

A friend recently told me that it is better to give food to the people busy working on our streets. These people are in fact trying to do some work, and not just begging, which is better for society, psychologically for themselves. So, shortly after, I stopped to give food to a person who was busy handing out pamphlets at the robot. He, in turn, gave me a surprised but huge smile.