MANILA, Philippines — The Maginhawa Community Pantry in Quezon City on Wednesday resumed its distribution of free food to the poor a day after it halted operations due to concerns for the safety of its volunteers following a red-tagging scare.
To the original food aid station’s small bamboo cart was added a second “kariton” containing fresh produce. Both are parked on Maginhawa, a street in Teachers Village lined with restaurants and cafes that were doing brisk business before the pandemic struck and are now struggling to stay afloat.
Just a week after it was set up on this busy street, other community pantries had been put up in hundreds of localities, inspired by the tenet …
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