WORLDWIDE | Sunday, 6 November 2011 | Views [1262]
Families send their children out to scavenge, as they don’t have the resources to feed them. Many people do what any parent would think impossible to do, and just abandon their children to the street. Many other children become orphans due to the high mortality rate, mainly due to illness and crime. This has led to the world’s largest population of street children. In Metro Manila alone, there are at least 100000 street children.
