Children growing up in the poorest urban areas in the Philippines face greater risks from natural disasters, exploitation and HIV. In the Philippines, hundreds of thousands of impoverished urban children are growing up in squalor, deprived of education and healthcare.
Almost half the country’s population – 46 million people including 18 million children under the age of 18 – are now living in towns and cities, making the Philippines one of the most urbanized populations in Southeast Asia. By 2030 it is projected three out of four people in the Philippines could be living in urban areas. Despite the perception that cities are “engines of growth,” many of these children live in unsafe and insecure houses and lack access to schooling, water and sanitation. These children suffer from multiple deprivations, and are increasingly worse off than those living in rural poor settings. Urban poverty can trap children in a downward spiral of poverty and squalor, leading to sickness, neglect and risk of exploitation.
Hi Sandra,
ReplyDeleteAs we continue to explore issues all over the world, it appears that we all have the same problems. I remember when the United States was considered the land of freedom and opportunity. What happened? Now, we are in the same state of destitute as other nations. Other countries that are more rural than us suffer more, but all of our children are suffering from the same issues and trends around the nation.
Tabitha
What interesting information! It is sometimes hard to thing about the conditions of people that are living outside of our own country! Learning this type of information is an inspiration to take action to do what we can to help others. The downward spiral you talked about is something that can be seen in many different urban, poverty areas. Generational poverty is hard to get out of because it is what you have been raised knowing and it is hard to get a leg up to get out of poverty.
ReplyDeleteSandra I do not know if you have ever heard the sayng You do not know how good you have it until you have gone some where else. it was good information that you gave on Phillpipanes I found out something too.
ReplyDeleteGreat Information about Philippians. Poverty occurs anywhere and we as people have to try and better self.
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