Angeles village chief keeps homeless teen couple

• Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2016/04/10/angeles-village-chief-keeps-homeless-teen-couple-467131
• Sunday, April 10, 2016

By Reynaldo G. Navales

ANGELES CITY -- A village chairman here has adopted a homeless teen couple found sleeping in front of the barangay hall with their four-month-old baby.

Chairman Tony Mamac of Barangay Balibago said he offered the 19-year-old boy a job to support his 17-year-old partner and new born baby.

“He is 19 years old, she is 17 years old and they have four-month old baby. No money, and no home to stay. For two days, I noticed them staying in front of the barangay hall,” Mamac said.

The barangay chairman said the couple were asking for alms from residents in Balibago.

After a campaign sortie in Northville Subdivision last week, Mamac said he instructed his staff to invite the couple who were then sleeping at an area outside the barangay hall.

“They were begging around Balibago to sustain the food and milk of their four-month old baby and in the evening they slept in front of the barangay hall only to wake up early when the street sweepers arrive,” Mamac said.

The boy is now working as helper at the backyard piggery operated by the barangay.

“I told my staff to give them food for their dinner and offer the boy a job as helper in our Babuyan sa Barangay which he accepted. Now he has a job and a small house where he can shelter his wife and their baby,” Mamac said.

The village chief said helping the needy is the true essence of public service.

“It touch your hearth when you see people like them without hope in their face and with just a small amount of help I glimpsed a little smile and shine in their eyes that frustrations in life is just temporary via kindness of other people,” Mamac said.