A YOUTH group urged the government to improve policies for children without parents.

Paslit sought bigger budgets for child-care institutions, social work, and local governments.

“Through our comprehensive agenda, we hope to kickstart a collective effort to improve government policies that concern parentless children,” the group’s Executive Director Iñaqui Mangahas said.

Mangahas urged stakeholders, campaigners, and government officials to assist orphans.

“There are millions of Filipino children who are abandoned, neglected, or orphaned. Let’s not allow our society to turn its back on them,” he said.

The organization’s goal includes lobbying for community-beneficial measures including street children’s rights, a ban on foster kids aging out, and foundling identification and protection.