00:00The Department of Social Welfare and Development of Youth and Grandmothers of the DSWD
00:09is helping the DSWD Centers and Residential Care Facilities.
00:14According to the DSWD, seven residential care facilities
00:18have organized simple celebration and gift-giving activities
00:23to make almost 800 of our countrymen happy.
00:26Meanwhile, more than 5,000 residents of almost 70 residential care facilities
00:32across the country also celebrated Christmas Day.
00:36Young people enjoyed various games and performances.
00:42In some facilities, our grandmothers had a Christmas celebration.
00:48According to DSWD Spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao,
00:53their agency still wants our countrymen to celebrate
00:59the holiday season despite their challenges in life.
