The word philanthropy comes from the Greek voice "φιλανθρωπία", which means "love of Humanity", lexically composed of "philosophers" or "philos" which means "friend" or "lover" plus "anthropos" which is equivalent to "man. "Or" human being "therefore according to its etymology it can be said that the word philanthropy refers to that feeling of empathy that a human being possesses to help others in a disinterested way. And a philanthropist, then, is that character who imparts love to his neighbor, that is to say, he speaks of a charitable, compassionate, selfless, generous, altruistic person.
In general philanthropy refers to the human race, love and everything that is related to humanity, characteristically in a constructive way expressed in the selfless help towards their fellow men.
The word was coined by the Roman emperor Flavio Claudio Juliano who ruled from 361 until his death. One of the main occupations of this character as emperor was to restore paganism, just as the Catholic Church had done in each of its institutions and even in its doctrine, as in this case, so he proposed the term "philanthropy ”To relieve the Christian of charity who was one of the virtues of the new religion and who had never been part of paganism as a religion in Athens or Rome.
Philanthropy, today is manifested through volunteering or social action, that is, giving charity, carried out on many occasions through donations such as clothing, food, money, etc. in search of the solution of the problems that many people face due to the lack of this
