welfare work

English Thesaurus

1. an organized activity to improve the condition of disadvantaged people in society (noun.act)

hypernym	:	work,
definition	:	activity directed toward making or doing something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	social work,
definition	:	any of various services designed to aid the poor and aged and to increase the welfare of children (noun.act)

hyponym	:	casework,
definition	:	close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment (noun.act)