Gender Ministry initiates program to assist the homeless in Male’

Gender Ministry has initiated a program to assist the homeless in Male’ City.

Gender Ministry announced in a tweet on Monday afternoon that they are collaborating with relevant state institutions to provide temporary housing to the people living in the streets in Male’ City as part of their efforts to ascertain the fundamental rights of the homeless and provide them with social security.

Gender Ministry has appealed for information regarding the homeless in Male’ City to be reported to the helpline 1421.

Gender Ministry had initiated a program to provide temporary housing to the homeless in Male’ City during the COVID-19 lockdown in April.

The decision to resume the program comes amid a rise in the number of people sleeping in the streets of the capital.