Help is a strong word used to indicate distress or the need for assistance. For example, one may yell "Help!" to a passerby if being robbed by a thief. Person-to-person help can come in a variety of forms; monetary assistance in the form of grants or loans, or scholarships is considered a way to help a person get on their feet in the world, people can lend emotional help in times of depression, educational help, and physical help to those in need of such assistance. For example, the elderly and young are frequent recipients of help.

Help is often associated with SOS, the international Morse code distress signal. It consists of three dots, three dashes and three dots:

( · · · − − − · · · )

This is the same as for the letters S, O and S, except that it is sent as one single letter - that is, with the inter-letter spaces converted to inter-element spaces.

Welfare is considered to be help for the unfortunate in life so that they can eventually make their own way in the world. Wealthy countries offer assistance or help to less fortunate countries, a form of international welfare. The United Nations (UN) has a mandate to help the world by preventing war, famine, and disease through multilateral dialogues.

See also

• Call for help
• Mayday''

Rescue | Virtue

Hilfe | Help