Help for vagrants urged
Source: Xinhua |
January 16, 2013, Wednesday
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CHINA'S Civil Affairs Ministry is urging local governments to offer prompt aid to vagrants and beggars to help them survive the winter weather.
Dou Yupei, vice minister of civil affairs, said efforts should be made to "ensure vagrants and beggars get prompt assistance and prevent deaths caused by exposure to extreme cold or hunger."
More temporary shelters should be built in venues visited by vagrants, beggars or migrant workers. Also, local shelter authorities should provide round-the-clock services, he said.
Dou asked local civil affairs departments to closely monitor changes in the weather and improve the aid service network by encouraging people from various sectors to help the disadvantaged.
Neighborhood committees, social workers and volunteers could be mobilized to give emergency aid if needed. Also, sanitation workers, bus and taxi drivers and security guards on duty at night could provide information on the whereabouts of those in need.
The comments came in the wake of the deaths of a migrant worker and a homeless person in central China's Henan Province during bitterly cold weather.
Dou Yupei, vice minister of civil affairs, said efforts should be made to "ensure vagrants and beggars get prompt assistance and prevent deaths caused by exposure to extreme cold or hunger."
More temporary shelters should be built in venues visited by vagrants, beggars or migrant workers. Also, local shelter authorities should provide round-the-clock services, he said.
Dou asked local civil affairs departments to closely monitor changes in the weather and improve the aid service network by encouraging people from various sectors to help the disadvantaged.
Neighborhood committees, social workers and volunteers could be mobilized to give emergency aid if needed. Also, sanitation workers, bus and taxi drivers and security guards on duty at night could provide information on the whereabouts of those in need.
The comments came in the wake of the deaths of a migrant worker and a homeless person in central China's Henan Province during bitterly cold weather.
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