by: PAuline Quette Eduave
The DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) is a Government Agency serves as a shelter for those people, who are abuse –both physically and emotionally. When I first went to their office, I felt pity especially to the babies who are not taken care of by their parents and would eventually be held in DSWD for proper attendance.
Looking at their innocent faces felt like my heart was being ripped. I was fortunate to really go inside their nursery to look at the infants. Then I questioned myself how could the parents of this children abandon them? Almost all of them are pretty healthy, and there’s this one child about 10 months who is very jolly, he always makes noise by laughing, then I concluded that all he want and really need is attention.
When I asked the person in charge of their nursery about the health of those infants, she said that when these children are turned over to them, mostly all of them are malnourished, lack vitamins and basically care and love. She also said that she is happy because looking at the children now that they are perfectly healthy but she is also sad knowing that maybe they can provide food, shelter, and clothing to these infants but these children are broken emotionally because of not being with their real parents. To think that the person in charge is only a volunteer and only paid a small amount for her serves.
In line with this our society indeed has a handful of problems. From poverty down to those little problems that are Government can’t even handle. And maybe the question to be asked is that –does our Government really care? Because to think that these problems are just the same dilemma that we are facing everyday. And these kinds of lapses serve as a hindrance for our country’s development. the Government should now take actions because if not now when is the chance for a more better future?
