Well-scrubbed faces belong to luckier schoolchildren who must have had a good breakfast before trooping to their classrooms. Some six million of their poorer cousins, particularly those in the hinterlands, go to school hungry and malnourished every day.
(The Manila Times)
6 million pupils go to school hungry in Philippines. The malnutrition they get. How poverty has affected these kids. How on earth are they suppose to concentrate during classes? My heart goes out to these kids. Similar to Cambodia, the children here too beg for money, experts at pouting. Street kids are at large. I can’t imagine how I would respond to them when they come begging. The advice given was not to contribute in any form for once you start giving, you’ll probably be swarmed with many more. It becomes scary when they persistently beg and cling on to you and never to let you go until you give. My sympathy to them. Moreover, we can never know where the money goes to, probably not to these poor kids. I pray that somehow when we do street evangelism, God will somehow help us understand them better and maybe encourage them in some ways. God, protect them and have mercy on these kids! Amen!
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