During a recent airing of Andrew Azzopardi’s radio show on 103 Malta’s Heart, it was revealed that 300 people in Malta currently live in the streets while another 3,000 live in garages. This was revealed by Fr Marcellino Micallef, director of the Franciscan-run soup kitchen, a voluntary organisation which helps those in need on a daily basis.
Fr Marcellino stated that there are Maltese residents who, for some reason, do not have an identity card, which means that no one would know if something had to happen to them or they had to disappear. Soup Kitchen Vice Director and former Valletta mayor Professor Alexiei Dingli also stated that it is easy to disregard people who are homeless and described them as “the invisible people of society.”
Fr Marcellino went on to highlight that the Maltese people’s generosity is globally unique, saying that providence is shown before the sun rises. During the show, it was also highlighted how no one is ever left behind, with the majority of food being donated rather than purchased. Former Corradino prisoner inmate Louis Mallia, who works closely with Fr Marcellino nowadays, recalled how the Soup Kitchen helped out when the prison did not have enough milk to give the inmates and immediately received a large consignment of milk.
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