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(Eagle News)–One out of three Filipino families escaped poverty, a recent Social Weather Stations survey said. The figure translates to 30 percent of families, of which 18 percent, according to the First Quarter 2018 survey, used to be poor five or more years ago, and 12 percent used to be poor one to four years ago. According to the pollster, the number of “newly non-poor” was two points lower than the record-high 14 percent newly […]
Indian slum dwellers collect potable water from a municipal water tanker in Durga Nagar area of Bhopal on March 21, 2018. Slum dwellers depend on government supplies for drinking water and struggle to get adequate supply during summer. /Files/ AFP /
A woman searches rubbish bins in a street of Ettadhamen city on April 30, 2018, an impoverished area of Greater Tunis. At the approach of the first municipal elections since the 2011 Tunisian revolution, many are skeptical about whether they will bring real change in their quality of life. / AFP / FETHI BELAID
In more than 300 sites across 18 time zones, the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) members will be holding a “Worldwide Walk to Fight Poverty” on Sunday, May 6 to benefit poor communities in several countries in Africa . This is the second worldwide walk of the Church members that aims to help impoverished communities. The first was held last February 2014 which benefited victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in the Philippines, […]
(Eagle News) — Marami sa mga Afrikano ang namumuhay sa labis na kahirapan. Pinatotohanan ito ng ilang residenteng naninirahan sa Manyatseng sa South Africa. Bukod pa rito, laganap rin daw ang iba’t-ibang klase ng krimen dala ng kahirapan. Subalit dumating ang pagkakataon para magbago ang takbo ng buhay ng ilang taga-Ladybrand at karatig lugar. Agosto 6 noong nakaraang taon nang pasinayaan ng Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo ang kapatid na Eduardo V. Manalo ang […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — Americans waste nearly 150,000 tons of food per day, amounting to about one pound (422 grams) per person, and fruits and vegetables are mostly what gets tossed, said a study Wednesday. The amount of land used annually to grow food that ends up in the garbage in the United States is 30 million acres, or seven percent of total US cropland. Some 4.2 trillion gallons of irrigation water gets […]
by Bagus Saragih © Agence France-Presse INDONESIA (AFP) — Somad rarely ventures beyond his impoverished Jakarta neighbourhood, but the 14-year-old is now gearing for a trip to Russia next month as a player in the 2018 Street Child World Cup. It’s the journey of a lifetime for the aspiring striker and eight other Indonesian kids set to compete against teams of other disadvantaged children from two dozen nations. The event’s third edition in Moscow […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty. The International Labor Organization forecast a worldwide unemployment rate of 5.5 percent this year, a marginal improvement on the 5.6 percent recorded in 2017, thanks to broad economic growth. But in its flagship “World Employment and Social Outlook” trends report, the ILO also […]
(Eagle News) — The average hunger rate for all quarters of 2017 was the lowest recorded since 2004, the Social Weather Stations said. The SWS said the rate of 12.3% was one point below the 13.3% recorded in 2016, and a bit higher than the 11.8 percent recorded in 2004. The lowest average hunger rate was recorded in June 2017, at 9.5 percent. According to the SWS, in the last quarter of December 2017, 15.9% experienced involuntary […]
(Eagle News)– One out of three Filipino families have escaped poverty, the latest Social Weather Stations survey said. According to the pollster’s Fourth Quarter 2017 poll done on December 8-16, 2017, 31% who transitioned out of poverty consists of 7% who used to be poor five or more years ago (“usually non-poor”), and 14% who used to be poor 1 to 4 years ago (“newly non-poor”). According to the SWS, the figure for December 2017 […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A viral photo of a Chinese boy whose hair is encrusted with ice after his hour-long walk to school in freezing temperatures has stirred debate about the impact of poverty on children in rural regions. Wang Fuman, a primary school student in southwest Yunnan province, gained the moniker “Frost Boy” after his principal shared a photo online of his rosy cheeks and icy hair, Chinese media reported this week. According to […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuHfsoujiXc QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) on Thursday called for reforms in the government’s anti-poverty policies, noting that the creation of decent and sufficient jobs and incomes should be the main strategy in poverty eradication. The NAPC made the call as it launched its book, “Reforming Philippine Anti-Poverty Policy,” in a forum held in Quezon City. “Many Filipinos are still trapped in poverty and inequality…we have subscribed to the same neoliberal framework that has been proven as a development […]
