Philippine slums

This resource introduces students to an issue that has impacted hundreds of millions of people across Asia: urbanization and migration from rural to urban

Note: there had NOT been an earthquake recently

Massive price spikes for food and energy sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will push over 40 million people into extreme poverty, the Center for Global Development (CGDEV) said on Friday, warning against export curbs and sanctions on Russian food production.

A group of travelers witnessed the heartbreaking situation of the people living in the slums of Smokey Mountain in Tondo, Manila.

The Cemeterio Del Norte is inhabited by people who pull bones from tombs to move in. It's an entire slum community, populated by gang members, runaways, sex workers, and laborers who rank among the poorest of the world's poor.

Contrast between rich and poor, Manila, Philippines. Photo about downtown, centre, asian, andres, financial, commerce, constructions, climate, architecture, block, asia - 53860438

Metropolitan Manila has the largest slum area in the world, home to some four million people, according to studies by humanitarian organisations.