Poverty in the Philippines Essay

By: Matthew Olavydez Submitted to: Mr. Lance Sayurin ID Number: 11553132 OVERVIEW In the Philippines, especially the poor rural areas, ages from 10-19 years old is said to have experienced premarital sex and that merits those teens to become a teenage parents. Teenage is pregnancy is an important issue for several reasons. It is one of the most common problems not only in the Philippines but also in other parts of the world. Most of these teens are under supervised with their parents…

having to walk 5 miles to a somewhat mediocre education every day because you can’t afford a car. Now imagine doing that barefoot along bacteria infested ground. Many kids must go through this. The absence of proper footwear perpetuates the cycle of poverty through generations that is harmful due to the lifelong physical problems, school and job acceptance rate, and diseases. There are an estimated 300 million people worldwide who can’t afford a simple pair of shoes. (Goldberg, “Man Going…

the problem; and possible ways of addressing the problem.  social problem: One social problem of significance to me is poverty, specifically, how the environment of an impoverished community compounds with other risk factors such as dysfunctional family structures and the lack of resources to address basic needs affects the lives of children.  societal contributions: Poverty is a complex problem that stems from a combination of factors. Although there can be different combinations for each…

needed to complement land reform, because it gives to some poor the option of working in the manufacturing sector. Without a sufficiently productive agrarian sector, the manufacturing sector would disappear, and the entire economy would remain in a poverty trap equilibrium arising from credit market imperfections. Therefore, we show how agrarian sector and, in particular, land tenurial contracts can be a powerful device to overcome the barrier of required initial investments. The features of…

if they were not even related to me in blood, they still are citizen of the Philippines which is where I live. The country where I was born and the country where I will die. There are people dying in every bomb, in ever bullet. Everyone is affected to it, rebels or even innocent…

unique but horrifying example of a society built in Class Division which showcased the poor versus the rich, and the miscreants versus the government. It was set in a Philippine futuristic dystopian setting where everyone can live in a virtual world, and how the indigent people work for the opulent resulting to an unending cycle of poverty and class oppression destructive…

privileged circumstances and a nurturing family. These privileges shaped our hero into becoming ‘the very embodiment of the intelligentsia and the petite bourgeoisie.’ Guerrero also adds that even if Rizal was born in different circumstances such as in poverty, he still would have made a name and probably would have been the next Bonifacio of his time. But, nurtured in a much fortunate conditions, Rizal grew up to be a bourgeois idealist, putting his faith in reason and belief in the…

Typhoon Haiyan – Vulnerabilities and Resiliency in the Philippines On November 8th, 2013, the Philippines faced a disaster with tremendous impact. Typhoon Haiyan was a devastating super storm that affected the islands of the Philippines, especially Tacloban city. According to Barmania (2014) the typhoon, that had wind speeds around 150 mph, killed 6200 and displaced 4 million people, leaving the country in despair. Characteristics of typhoon Haiyan and Tacloban City: The characteristics of…

rapid industrialization, space became very limited. With little living space, “Landlords knew they could rent dwellings for a profit regardless of their conditions.” Immigrants and other poor laborers simply could not escape this poverty. They lived hard lives. At work, conditions were poor and wages were low. Many were crowded in overpriced and abysmal housing. In this sense, immigrants, migrants, and low wage earners paid the highest price for rapid industrialization. The slums conjured up…

lot of people, a family is one of the biggest reasons why they are happy. Blood or not blood everyone has a family of some sort. Some families are more dysfunctional than others, but it is family nonetheless. In the Philippines, for example, a family is a means of survival. The Philippines is a third world country, so without a family of any sort, it is, very hard to make ends meet. In American culture, it is very normal for kids to leave the house at eighteen years old. However, in the Filipino…