Fr Ronnie Santos, director of the Diocese of Cubao Social Action Center, reported on the growing number of people living in the streets -- sometimes entire families at a time. They have organized the street dwellers into a group called Kalye Pagasa and plan to put up a drop-in center beside the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish where they can use a clean toilet and take a shower. They also recognize the urgency of providing livelihood skills and opportunities; in the photos, street dwellers show off the liquid detergent they had been taught to make.
TYF is happy to support community-based projects such as this. The 500 kg of kalabasa donated by TYF were shared during Kalye Pagasa's gathering last Saturday.
Salamat, Fr Ronnie and your DSAC team, for your service which brings joyful hope to the streets.
