Provide primary health care for street children

In line with nutrition month, Childhope Philippines Foundation rolls out a mobile soup kitchen, Kalyenderia, which aims to provide nutritious hot meals to street children beneficiaries and their families.

Amidst the ongoing pandemic, food security has been a major concern for people who earn a living on the streets of Metro Manila. Living mostly by hand-to-mouth, poor families find it difficult to earn income to support basic needs amidst the restrictions. Continuous rains and subsequent flooding further aggravated their situation—displacing most street families without means to earn a living and provide enough food for their families.

With Kalyenderia, the beneficiaries are assured of receiving at least one hot nutritious meal in a day to give them a boost in energy to learn or work. On its pilot run, the Kalyenderia was able to provide food, which they shared with their families, for at least 100 street children in the area of Lawton. The same children are participants of the alternative education sessions of Childhope’s Street Education and Protection (STEP) Program.

For donations and other concerns, you may get in touch with us through email at igivehope@childhope.org.ph or through our mobile number 09171005303.

Links:

• Watch the actual preparation and distribution of Kalyenderia
• Distribution of hot soup to street families in Lawton, Manila.