Today marks 24 years since the devestating trashslide at the Payatas dumpsite in Manila, The Philippines. I’m currently digging through
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School in The Philippines in progress
The Philippine school year 2016-2017 started on June 13. Millions of school children are back in the classroom. The said
Continue reading15 years since trash slide in Manila
Today marks 15 years since the devastating trash slide in Manila, the Philippines. More than 250 died and hundreds got
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This entry is the last in the series this week about Star of Hope and their work in The Philippines.
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After the success start with the school in Taytay in 1987, Star of Hope followed up with the start of
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I will continue with several entries about Philippines this week. In end 2004 Infanta in Quezon province in the Philippines
Continue readingRugby boys
Rugby Boys” are often seen in the streets of Metro Manila. They are street children snorting “Rugby” a brand of
Continue readingPoverty in The Philippines on the rise
The Philippines is the rising tiger economy of Asia. But only the rich people are going up and up. The
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Around the world millions of people lack access to safe drinking water. They spend hours fetching water from wells, streams
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According to a new report the Philippines struggles to curb child labour. More than half of the country’s five million
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The hard work continues. Working on some heart griping pictures from the Philippines among other things. But there will hopefully
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Yesterday in a meeting with San Juan, Metro Manila mayor. Interesting meetinga and a great lady!
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I have been to Manila in the Philippines many times. Metro Manila or National Capital Region has some 14 million
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Yesterday we went to the east coast of Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines. It was hard work as
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The first couple of days have been rather busy as always here in Manila, Philippines. The team I work with
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