Smart Asian reform helping people (10)
I believe the answer is:
samaritans
'helping people' is the definition.
'Samaritans' can be an answer for 'people' (Samaritan is an example). I am unsure of the 'helping' bit.
'smart asian reform' is the wordplay.
'reform' indicates an anagram (letters in a new form).
'smart'+'asian'='smartasian'
'smartasian' with letters rearranged gives 'SAMARITANS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for samaritans that I've seen before include "Voluntary organisation to counsel the desperate" , "telephone helpline" .)