Despite threats, activists continue to help Manila’s poor
Despite threats, activists continue to help Manila’s poor
Christian Lloyd Magsoy of Defend Jobs leads distribution of food aid to Manila’s poor
(Photo courtesy of Defend Jobs Philippines)
By MARK LAVARRO
Bulatlat.com
MANILA — Despite government threats to ban humanitarian relief, a group of labor rights advocates continued providing food and other essentials to Manila’s poor as financial aid is still out of reach amid the two-week stricter lockdown.
Inspired by Malaysia’s White Flag movement, activists and volunteers of Defend Jobs Philippines went on with their Flag Brigade PH, saying that they aim “to concretize how people in their respective communities can ask and give support to each other.”
Mobile community organizers encouraged urban poor residents of Sampaloc needing aid during the lockdown to wave their red and green flags if they needed help or would want to give donations, respectively. The group intends to help 200 families.
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