With the increase of homeless people in Male’ City, Minister of Gender, Family and Social Services, Ms. Aishath Didi confirms resuming the temporary shelter services for the homeless people.
Meanwhile, many people are raising their concerns about the increased number of homeless people sleeping on the streets of Male’ City. Some have criticized the government authorities for the negligence.
Referring to the concerns, in a tweet, Minister Aishath Didi said that since April, the Ministry has attended to over 500 such people, given them temporary shelters and food, and worked with local councils and families to reintegrate them.
Minister Aishath Didi added that the work of temporary shelters came to a halt in August, but the temporary detox treatment continues to date in Male’ City.
Minister Aishath Didi confirmed that the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services and the Home Ministry has resumed providing temporary shelters and will ensure that the people sleeping in markets and streets are attended to.
Following media reports, it is clear that many of the homeless people are initially brought for detox treatments, and with the delay in services and no jobs, most of them are forced to sleep on the streets and feed on garbage.
Meanwhile, many people are raising their concerns about the increased number of homeless people sleeping on the streets of Male’ City. Some have criticized the government authorities for the negligence.
Referring to the concerns, in a tweet, Minister Aishath Didi said that since April, the Ministry has attended to over 500 such people, given them temporary shelters and food, and worked with local councils and families to reintegrate them.
Minister Aishath Didi added that the work of temporary shelters came to a halt in August, but the temporary detox treatment continues to date in Male’ City.
Minister Aishath Didi confirmed that the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services and the Home Ministry has resumed providing temporary shelters and will ensure that the people sleeping in markets and streets are attended to.
The work of temporary shelters came to a halt in August but the work of temporary detox continues to date in Male.
— Aishah Didi (@aishamdidi) November 25, 2020
With Home Ministry, we are setting up a shelter again and we will ensure that people sleeping in markets and streets are attended to as we did before.
Following media reports, it is clear that many of the homeless people are initially brought for detox treatments, and with the delay in services and no jobs, most of them are forced to sleep on the streets and feed on garbage.
