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Philippines’ Children

Philippines’ Children. The children that go unheard. The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It as an important contributor to the importing and exporting that occurs in Asia and throughout the world. As it continues to grow so does its poverty.

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Philippines’ Children

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  1. Philippines’ Children The children that go unheard.

  2. The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. It as an important contributor to the importing and exporting that occurs in Asia and throughout the world. As it continues to grow so does its poverty. The My Times stated the amount of people living under the national poverty line grew from 24.9% to 26.5% in the past five years. Those that suffer the worst from this poverty are the children. Philippines Influence

  3. The children of the Philippines are effected through these ways: They are forced into labor which includes prostitution.They suffer from poverty and cannot supply for themselves.Their homes and families can be taken away from them with a single storm. They Need Help

  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqo5I_CBxa8 UNICEF released this statement: In the most populated area in the Philippines an estimated 1.7 million children live in slums. Children Poverty

  5. Child Labor

  6. While many countries have established clear cut laws and enforce these laws about child labor, the Philippines is slow to meet these expectations. While they do have laws against the child labor, they have failed to enforce these laws on several occasions. • The children are trafficked to other countries for labor. In 2012 the government sent back 514 Filipina domestic workers from Syria; over 90% had suffered physical, psychological, and verbal abuse. Child Labor

  7. There are more than 100,000 children involved in child prostitution. • The girls will be sold on the street for 25$ and see up to 10 customers a day. If they do not make enough money they are beaten. • The Philippines is highly affected all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children. (ECPAT) • The following chart shows all the women that went to the social services for help in the Philippines. Child Prostitution

  8. As we can see from the chart the number of sexual abuse and other types of abuse is going down. However this chart does not show all the crimes that have not been filed. • Many of these abuses occurred against children and their mothers.

  9. On top of all the social issues children face, they are constantly threatened by home displacement and loss of parents. • Philippines is a hot spot for typhoons and tropical storms, much like the one we just faced. • Children’s homes can be lost or their parents killed from these storms. Typhoons

  10. The Philippines are expecting 31 typhoons this year. • This is one the many storms that hit the nation on a regular basis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyYQwiNcBR4&feature=related

  11. The Philippine is a struggling nation and needs your help. • If you want to make change in a child’s life you should visit this website… • www.Poverty-In-The-Philippines.com • Every person is our brother or sister just because we do not see them does not mean we should not help them.

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