Street kids to join basketball tournament
SOME 40 youngsters belonging to the ‘streets vulnerable’ in Dagupan City are participating in a nine-day basketball tournament from November 19 to 28 organized by the city government for them.
Marge L. Navata, head of the Task Force for the Prevention and Protection of Street Vulnerables, said the sporting event is one of the projects intended to keep the young ones from being vagrants loitering in the streets.
“This is one of the activities that we have organized to keep children away from the streets who kept on returning to the streets even after we have counseled them. We will never stop caring for them until all of them are back in school, which is the advocacy of Mayor Belen (Fernandez),” said Navata.
The mayor provided basketball uniforms, rubber shoes and socks to the players.
During the opening of the games, Fernandez told the players , “Ang tingin ko sa inyo ngayon ay hindi mga street children kundi kayo ang mukha ng bagong pag-asa at pagbabago ng Dagupan. Ang ibig sabihin nito, lahat ng tao – maging anuman ang katayuan sa buhay – ay may pag-asa at pagbabagong makakamtan.”
She shared her plan to bring them all back to school.
“Hindi puwedeng hanggang sa kalsada lang kayo palagi. Kailangan ninyong makatapos ng pag-aaral dahil kayo ang pag-asa ng inyong pamilya. Walang imposible sa ating buhay higit sa lahat hindi masama ang mangarap,” concluded Fernandez. (CIO)
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