MANILA, Philippines — It will be a stretch for any government task force to “red-tag” these community pantry organizers.
Some of the food aid stations that have sprouted across the country are being run by women who are simply driven by their maternal instinct to help the needy despite their own family priorities.
About nine months into her pregnancy, April Mostoles decided to put up a community pantry in her neighborhood in San Andres Bukid, Manila.
Instead of giving herself and her family a treat when she turned 29 last month, the former overseas worker decided to organize an aid station together with friends, inspired as they were by the pioneering Maginhawa Community P…
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