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I live amongst the poverty of a third world nation, I see the suffering and hunger where as here in the Philippines, the very poor can place food on their tables, but it’s a hard slog for parents with 7 or 8 children to provide one good meal a day, with all the nutrients needed to keep the family healthy. Things are just as bad or worst through out the third world.
United Nations report on global poverty
25,000 lives are lost every day from hunger and poverty; even a bad case of diarrhoea can lead to death because of weakness caused by hunger. (United Nations)
More than 800 million people know what it feels like to go to bed hungry; most of them women and children. (United Nations)
Malnutrition causes more than half of all child deaths. (United Nations)
Poor families spend over 70% of their income on food. (An average American family spends just over 10%). (United Nations)
More than 100 million children are stunted physically and mentally from malnutrition, wrecking their chances for a good education and productive future. (United Nations)
But the problem here in the Philippines is culture related, the culture being a Roman Catholic one. The fact that the Catholic Church has a ridged pro life program that is anti birth control, please read this interesting article: The history of birth control. This Catholic indoctrination does not help population control within a poverty ridden society, it’s a logic conclusion that population growth causes expansion of poverty, where there is high unemployment.
Here in the Philippine education is free at elementary and high school level, however there is the problem of fees at the beginning of each term these are normally about US$10 and one needs to buy books and writing materials. The biggest problem is the cost of school projects of which could be as much as US$50 per term. Many families find it very hard to afford to send all their children to school to achieve each child’s complete education. Classes are crowded and there are not enough teachers. This education problem is the cause of many young people never being given the chance to be qualified to be employed in a decent career. This of course adds to the poverty problem.
Please watch the video Poverty 1 and Poverty 2 then Poverty 3
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October 2001. The Population Commission (Popcom) said there are 30.6 million Filipinos or 6.12 million families who are suffering from poverty. When I learned about this, I took consolation with the notion that I am not alone, yet I felt dismayed over the complacency of our national government officials who seem undisturbed by the fact that 40 percent of their constituents live below the poverty line throughout the country's 78 provinces, 84 cities or 41,940 barangays. How can they sit back and relax? More…
I can not see the answer to the problem seemingly the Church and Government, want the status quo to remain unchanged.
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