The Problem
The root of the problem may be poverty; the fruit is varied, wide-spread, and heart breaking. Estimates for street children in the Philippines are as high as 1.5 million nationwide. These are children of all ages, male and female. Children who roam the the streets, sleep on sidewalks, in alleyways, fields, marketplaces, or in parked vehicles; children who will never attend school, and are subject to a host of physical, mental, and psychological problems; children who daily face real dangers of predation by sex offenders, sex traffickers, and criminal elements.
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