SOCIAL WELFARE
Generous gifts of relief supplies continued to be received from abroad, and a large number of food parcels from America were allocated to the Colony for distribution to needy families in the Christmas season. 240,000 parcels were given by the War Relief Services, Natural Catholic Welfare Conference, 25,000 are from C.A.R.R. (Co-operative American Remittances to Everywhere), and 20,000 from the Lutheran World Relief Service.
In addition to the emergency relief work described above Government also gives assistance to other needy persons. An average of 2,050 meals is distributed daily at seven Social Welfare Office welfare centres which also carry out such activities as helping the unemployed to obtain work, hawkers' licences or free education for their children. The Social Welfare Office also main- tains three relief camps at North Point, Morrison Hill, and Rennie's Mill.
The aged poor are looked after in three voluntary homes, two of them catering for old people of both sexes, and one for old women only.
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