News Pasay City, Philippines: "5 Loaves Ministries” Provides Clothes to Those in Need

by Gay Deles/ Southern Asia-Pacific Division, courtesy Adventist News Network

The early morning sun of September 18 streaked through the cracks of cardboard boxes and tattered canopies made from advertising tarps warming those sleeping underneath.

Mornings like this bring hope to many, but not to the clusters of people who live along the streets of Pasay city in Manila. Hunger pangs force them to emerge from their make-shift pods to find their next meal usually spotted under a pile of garbage or bought with loose coins given from passersby.

"These are the poorest of the poor," explained a yellow-shirted volunteer before joining the rest of the group from 5 Loaves Ministry. The bags the volunteers carry are not just filled with breakfast but with clothes and underwear, slippers and even bath essentials, which enables volunteers to give baths to homeless children on the spot.

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