Filipino children driven to the streets by crushing poverty
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Filipino children driven to the streets by crushing poverty
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UNICEF estimates that one billion children live in poverty — almost every second child in the world.
The Philippines is a microcosm of the problem, with children driven to the streets by crushing poverty.
Worldfocus correspondent Mark Litke and producer Ara Ayer report from the Philippines, where they encounter one man — a former child of the streets himself named Joe Dean Sola — who has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street kids.
Since the story was shot, street children have suffered even more as the result of the severe flooding in the region.
* Former U.S. bases in the Philippines transform and thrive
* Ethnic Nubians live on the margins in Kenya
* Chronic malnutrition fatigues Guatemala’s children
* “Slumdog” sweeps Oscars, draws mixed reactions in India
* Dirt poor Haitians eat cookies made of mud
* Haitians destroy environment in struggle to survive
* Philippines doles out cash incentives for school, health
* Agent Orange devastates generations of Vietnamese
* Unexploded bombs leave a deadly legacy in Vietnam
* Vietnam on a bumpy road to economic power
UNICEF estimates that one billion children live in poverty — almost every second child in the world.
The Philippines is a microcosm of the problem, with children driven to the streets by crushing poverty.
Worldfocus correspondent Mark Litke and producer Ara Ayer report from the Philippines, where they encounter one man — a former child of the streets himself named Joe Dean Sola — who has dedicated himself to improving the lives of street kids.
Since the story was shot, street children have suffered even more as the result of the severe flooding in the region.
