DSWD to public: If you want to help street children, IPs, organize gift-giving activities with LGUs
Published December 17, 2020, 10:21 PM The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has advised the public against giving tokens to street children and indigenous peoples (IPs) on the streets during this holiday season, saying that it would only expose them to various health and safety hazards. MANILA BULLETIN FILE “While the DSWD understands the willingness to help the needy, especially during this season, assistance however should consider how street children and IPs are kept away from health and safety risks,” it said in a statement on Thursday night. The Department said in...
Source: mb.com.ph