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That's the neat part, you can't. Unless you can fix healthcare, housing/transportation, money etc (even if you could, it wouldn't be the same as if those were never problems in the first place). That or the old escapist dream of "get me out of here" but I also don't ever see that happening for a lot of reasons. So again, no.
Even trying to broaden the definition of help... things are probably too personal, too difficult/specific, and maybe even inconsequential. Like the type of thing there just isn't an answer for.
Helping a person doesn't require systemic change. Ultimately yes, to end the major problems people face will require that change to occur, but helping an individual isn't that hard. Sometimes people are just in a bind and could use advice or $50. Don't call that inconsequential. If you get so in the weeds on systemic change that you fail to see how to help an individual in need, then you lost the thread.
This, right here.
Getting rid of people who say, "Stop being so dramatic!"
The human world is dying, and I'm supposed to just piddle around and not shout that it's shit!?
I sell plasma to pay bills, after working a full-time salary job.
So, unless you have an answer, how about YOU be quiet.