Manila, April 23 -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is seeking the support of the private sector for its Angel Tree project for child laborers or children at risk.

Project Angel Tree intends to distribute school supplies and other necessary items for identified beneficiaries as part of the Labor Day celebration in the province on May 1, said DOLE Antique Provincial Office Senior Labor and Employment Officer Benjie Requintina on Thursday.

"We are appealing to the private sector for their support for the activity on May 1 by giving anything they could share with the children," Requintina said in an interview.

DOLE Antique identified 47 child beneficiaries profiled as helping out their parents in farming, charcoal-making, an...