POCHOLO GONZALES
View artist portfolioThe Philippines, made up of a group of many islands, is a land of considerable beauty yet there are many contrasts. The countrys wealth is not evenly distributed and a large percentage of the people live in poverty. In 1991, 40 percent of households lived in poverty. This has fallen to 32 percent in 1997 (World Bank, 2000). This still equates to millions of people living in urban slums or in rural areas that lack sanitation, safe water and other services that we take for granted. The challenge is to reduce poverty in light of a rapidly growing population.
Due to the poverty and lack of opportunities in rural areas, each year many people migrate to the cities looking for better economic opportunities. Most families are impoverished and children are often forced to earn an income. The types of jobs include selling items such as newspapers, cigarettes and lollies, or odd jobs such as car-washing, hauling or domestic work. Other possibilities include working in factories, construction sites, ports or small backyard industries, while some resort to scavenging or begging
- Country
- Philippines
- Submitted
- 2003-07-06
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- Legacy license code: 0
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rural areas.. just remind me with the human... old ages..
is it fair we are using that computer.. and they can find what anything to eat..!
do we deserve that.. and they deserve that...
what did we do...!
We often think how advanced the world is nowadays. How the world is rich is clean and wonderful and how everyone lives a healthy life. If we actually travelled around the Earth to every continent, country, city, we would discover that not all areas of the world are like the U.S. and Canada. This picture shows just how poor other areas are and can become. We are sheltered in luxurious homes and apartments yet on the other side of the world, humans are living in slums, boxes, and even sewers. This picture shows that other than a technological side of Earth, there is a poor side. This reminds me of how lucky and fortunate I am. This is a wonderful picture representing reality half way across the world.
we are all aware that poverty is a severe to the underdeveloped countries.and the world is progressing as we can see.if we want to get ride of poverty we have to fight laziness and work hard to secure food for family.it is not the government task to eradicate poverty.what government can do is to provides the peasant farmers with agricultural material such that they could be able sustain their life. as per Africa more than 60% are below the poverty line.