Poverty in the Philippines
Acknowledgement:
We would like to thank the following who made this project successful. Yahoo.com and wikipedia.org for giving information and facts about our research. Dell for our laptop used in our research. Mama Maria’s Pizzeria for our snacks and refreshment. Ian’s Neighbor for WIFI Connection. And some people from the Poor communities who were interviewed to make this research more realistic.
Dedication:
We dedicate this research for our dear Filipinos who are less fortunate who continue to struggle to survive in life. The government of the Philippines should realize the situation of the poor people and help them. And to our dear English teacher who encourage us to choose this certain topic. Nowadays, A lot of Filipinos suffer poverty such as No Permanent Address , not able to eat 3 times a day which causes the people to become malnourished, who are deprived from education and because of this it leads them to do crimes to be able to survive.
Statement of the Problem:
1. Why Philippines is drowning in poverty?
2. What are the areas in the Philippines who has the highest Poverty Rate?
3. What are the different difficulties face by the Filipinos that lead to poverty?
4. What can we do to escape or somehow eliminate poverty?
5. What are the measures done by the government to solve poverty in the Philippines ?
Scope and Limitation:
Rapid Population Growth
Given that the population of the Philippines is increasing at a rapid rate of 2.36% per year, it can be translated as an increase of more than 5,000 people daily in a country, which already has an increase of more than four million poor people since 1985. In 1985, the absolute number of people living in poverty was 26.5 million. This increased to 30.4 million in 2000 and from 2006 to 2009, increased by almost