Do You KNOW What Poverty Is?

[VlogOfTheDayWithGelE]

Being from this country, I hate seeing stuff like this also. Some organizations are doing action about this situation such as building houses for these people, feeding programs, child sponsorship and scholarships. One day, we will get over this poverty thing. ;)

[strezz05]

I feel your pain. I've been living here in manila for a very long time now and every Christmas i try and Manage to feed 20 kids off the streets. I wish i could feed more of them and not just on Christmas.

I feel people have lost the real meaning of humanity.

[hapilton]

i know this is going to sound horrible and i'm going to get a bunch of nasty comments about this but wouldn't it be more humane to find a way to sterilize people living in poverty? isn't it best to prevent future generations of impoverished children from coming instead of trying to fix the growing problem with money? Education doesn't seem to work and when you cant feed yourself having kids doesn't help your situation.

[bundangbear]

@hapilton You're right. It does sound horrible. But look at the impossibility of the logistics of getting all those people to agree to it, too. Especially in Catholic Philippines. Not going to happen.

[hapilton]

@bundangbear exactly haha

[MrBric12]

@hapilton You sick SOB. If they were white you wouldn't even bring that up. "There poor so let's sterilize them". WTF! You racist idiot. Maybe they're poor because of oppression. Look at black people in the U.S. They make a big deal out of a half black man being President.

[hapilton]

@MrBric12 Thats not racist at all, i hate you stupid sons of bitches who call racist on everything. I never made any comment about black people. you just think your really cool because you can call someone racist. and ya sterilizeing would theoretically fix the problem. but at the same time i soppose you think the only thing better then a billion starving, deseased children is a billion more...

[ivan00000006]

World poverty is engineered!That is the main objective of trade throughout history, hence the 3rd world nation economies and our own. Via control and ownership manipulation of natural resources concentrated amongst the few.Destabilization of internal social politics and the premeditated deactivation of development in real production(of all types).Plus the control of their national economies based on fiat currency (something that is catching up to us).Capitalism for the consumer (poor excluded.

[producersunnyshadows]

if only all the first world could see places like this. i came to cebu a year ago and i was heart broken with what i saw and experienced . i now live here and love the place and the people, i do get treated like im a rich foreigner but i am far from it , kids constantly ask for food or money and it is really hard to say you cant help them. im married to a local girl and we help feed the kids in our own area when we can but its only a small amount. god bless all the forgotten people of the world.

[chefmario81]

yup thats my country. u are good man, i wish i can be like u.

[Kalahridudex]

chnia and india have very fast growing middle classes, maybe those countries should try policies like china and india have.

[TheRugbyProp]

this is a pretty crazy story. I don't mean to brag or anything, but both my parents make over 100k per year and i live a really good life. For example i can play what sports i want to and do what i want to, but there does need to be a solution for helping 3rd world countries get at least on their knees

[patdurling]

I lived in Cebu for some time. The poverty there is just insane. The people there are so wonderful though, and their culture is so beautiful.

[camochannel1]

it is hard to see. thanks for posting.

[fondoftheduh]

Maybe you could find way's to help..it does take more then one person to do it..

Look for Hope house cebu on face book.

[thedarkknight17]

An interesting challenge to the 1st world is presenting itself since technology is making the world smaller. A computer programmer in The Philippines can get paid the same as California state minimum wage and live very well. Also look at all the call center jobs that are being sourced to The Philippines. It's close to half a million jobs that have been transferred from the US to The Philippines alone.

[bundangbear]

@thedarkknight17 Call centers don't make that much! Do they now in PI? I worked for an NGO and made 1,000 USD a month.

[thedarkknight17]

No, they didn't make much in the US when they were there, and they definitely don't make much in the PI. The people in the front lines make around $300-400 a month. A lot of those people in the front lines would of made a third of that amount if call centers didn't go to the PI. Supervisors make around $500-$600, and managers can make close to $1,000, so it's not so bad if they get promoted.

[thedarkknight17]

This "Global Economy" presents a difficult challenge to countries like the US. There is no way they can compete with third world labor prices. Projections for the number of jobs to be outsourced to the PI this year alone is twice as much as all the jobs that were outsourced here during all 8 years of President Bush. That's a great thing for half a million Filipinos who want to have a better life, but that's a disaster for a lot of Americans. Those jobs need to come from somewhere.

[thedarkknight17]

Interesting video. I've been living in Cebu for several years now, and I've learned to block a lot of what I see out of my mind and avoid streets where all the street kids are.I also look at things in the "glass is somewhat full" type of view such as the developments and how they provide jobs for people here. Solutions to help the third world are hard to find.The only way to help is to either provide money for education or develop infrastructure for education or to provide jobs to the people.

[Ubookz]

I live here-for now, and there are foreigners who live here permanently.The richer locals walk over the poor, drive around in big suv's with blacked out windows. Corruption is a way of life, work positions are inherited-those in high places care about themselves. This is not a good country to live in. I am coming home to Canada soon.

[bundangbear]

@Ubookz I lived in Cebu for TWO YEARS! It is important for a Filipino to say this, as a foreigner, I feel it is not my place to condemn other countries, and I hope you don't see this as a condemnation of your wonderful country, but rather a condemnation of the 1st world and the rich in all 3rd world nations that walk over the bodies of the impoverished. Salamat po!

[hungerybear5]

maraming salamat po sa pagmamahal sa pilipinas!!!

[mia0899cs]

Wow! I'm trying not to cry Troy! How does the USA overlook this? We give billions to other Countries. Your right you are only one person and you did what you could do. Actually, this vid might open many eyes and you are doing a lot. Despite their circumstances, do you notice that they have light in their eyes? Of course, I would give money to any kid that came up too. How can people ignore this? Those people don't have light in their eyes. You are a great person Troy! I saved this!

[tauwilltriumph]

You just made me break down crying.

[tauwilltriumph]

KONICHIWA

[runescapebignerd]

Well, I see you're really upset about actually being able to see poverty from a different part of the world. I assume you grew up with a very sheltered childhood, and when you saw those kids and realized how horrible the world really was, i can understand that you felt bad but you should live life and be happy with what you have because as hard as it is to say it, we can't all change the world.

[IEskin69]

@runescapenerd

there ARE people who can and DO chnge the world everyday...only they would like u to keep having that helpless mindset, because u r more managable and easier to controll that way. congradulations.....u r exactly what the gov ordered. wake up brother!

[runescapebignerd]

@IEskin69

Did you ever think that maybe the government wasn't the problem? Maybe it's the people who complain about it constantly? Maybe it is you who needs to wake up to the cooperate world. This is life. Get used to it.

[IEskin69]

oh maybe your right... let me check with the judges.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh(buzzing noise)

im sorry that was not the right answer!

BEAR tell him what he didnt win!

FACIST...i build the world with my hands.

[runescapebignerd]

No you win the award for the crazy guy who sits in the trailer who wonders why the world is the way it is while everyone passes him by. You should open your eyes.

[IEskin69]

have it your way... sleepwalker

[runescapebignerd]

I'm not a sleep walker. I am a realist.

[itisaduck]

Singapore is a well regulated capitalist free market. Clean, most working, no beggers. Kids shopping and all had cell phones and happy sounds, beautiful interesting place. I walked across a bridge to Maylasia. Soon as we got to middle of the bridge beggers, horrible proverty, infraustructure in shambles and darn scary looking Muslims, women vailed evil eyed and men and unvailed women with hate stares at me and wife as we smiled, and this was before 9-11.

[itisaduck]

Poverty is bad overseas. You did what you could. I did the same overseas and here in the USA. The answer is well regulated free market capitalism. Laws and openess to spot and arrest corruption. Maybe a change in the Catholic Church that says birth control is ok? The poor seem to have more kids. I have 1, poor 5. Need more education and opportunity. Give a man a burger and you feed him for a day. Create a job and you feed him for a lifetime. Breaks my heart because it is not the kids fault.

[TheNamoNamo]

I know exactly what you're talking about, coming from a 3rd world country my self.

[akibem1]

My parents grew up in powerty just like that. It's hard but at the same time, they said that they didn't feel the poverty as what we think because everybody was poor. Don't know what else to say. Just hurts to see you being hurt. I know how hard it must have been for you. Thanks for posting this video.

[CrudeLie7]

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[joetylerdale]

I may critique you on your videos, but I know between your mood swings (real or mary jane) you have a heart bigger then most! Luv ya big man!

[Chris090883]

I have been to third world countries and it's not pretty. We are not rich in this country we are far FROM rich. Charity is nice helping out feels good don't get me wrong. But to help out people in other countries when we are struggling to get by ourselves to me it's not needed. We should help out our country before we help out others, we have so many homeless vets, we have more people in need in this country that we should help out our own. That's all I'm saying.

[bundangbear]

HOMELESS ARE RICH COMPARED TO WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE 3rd WORLD. If you didn't go, you wouldn't know. I'm talking street KIDS with NOTHING. Literally, nothing. The dumpsters of America overflow with bounty.

[johnswackyworld]

yes, thge dumpster of america are flowing with richness!! i know that first hand with what i have saved and given to local charity and the library.

[MSWmson]

We are not struggling in the least, Chris. My guess is you have no idea what indolent. pampered people we are in this country. Not knocking you, but you are completely unaware of what real strife is.

Still friends, I hope.

[strandwolf]

Kill 'em all, and let Satan sort 'em....

[bundangbear]

Are they evil for being born into a mixed relationship, abandoned on the street, naked, at age 3?

[strandwolf]

Well, that's my Swifian proposal, meathead.

[bundangbear]

Good call. OK, I'm slow tonight. I just woke up. Sorry.

[DopeCoozie2]

heartbreaking man, really good to those who need to open their eyes

[seouldave69]

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[jxz107]

I'm really sorry for you man. You are right, we have messed up, we need to help people in need. It's not your fault man. This helps us to enjoy what we have. And it's not just people, the whole planet has been screwed up by us humans

[cknight63]

Some people think they know all the causes, who exactly is to blame, and have all the solutions to all the world's problems. Sure. Let's just take away all the "rich" Americans' money away from them so we all can live in poverty just like the people do in these photos. And how arrogant to think you know Mother's Theresa's heart. Are you God?

[1racehumanrace]

i sponsor a child from the manilla philipines through children international, whos parents make one hundred dollars a month. now i do not make much myself and am powerless to change the world but as long as i can help one child and thier family with what little i got i know im making a difference no matter how insignificant it might be, atleast you tried to help bundang.

[biggydman]

Excellent observation Joe!! Bear doesn't seem to like "religious" folk! Check out the comment he made about Mother Tereasa! Missionaries have given their lives to feed and clothe people and in some cases WITHOUT making a single convert while they were alive!

[bundangbear]

@biggydman On the other hand, I do hold a lot of respect for Pope John Paul II, Saint Anthony, St. Francis of Assisi, Father Damien, Bartholomew I, and St. Stephen Min Kuk-ka, so do NOT pigeonhole me. The Bear is impossible to nail down because I don't follow dogma. I don't blindly follow that "all saints are good" and I THINK for myself. So do NOT label me as anti-religion becasue of my distaste for Teresa.

[BulgarianInCanada]

some things are like that and it is really hard to change them

[supatoker420]

wow bundang..your so serious in this video...

[SriCassiopeia]

video re: coming :)

[bundangbear]

@SriCassiopeia The honor is all mine!

[SriCassiopeia]

vid re: up :)

people will wish I never went back to political/activism vlogging because I talk too long

[jagamanz12]

u cant help everone yourself . it takes more then a few people but atleast u helped and arent greedy.i bet da kids was happy wen u took dem though :) moneys not everthing but it really helps but it hurts more den it helps cause people gotta get greedy like how in da philippines governments are greedy and ppl struggle :( just be happy and loving :)

[Chris090883]

See why should we be helping out people in other countries when we aren't helping out our own. Help out the people in the United States of America not Africa

[bundangbear]

@Chris090883 I'm not helping RICH people. EVERYONE even those on welfare are RICH RICH RICH in America. If you haven't traveled in the 3rd world, then there's no talking to you. Our GREED , MY GREED is the cause of their poverty.

[HistoryTours]

America Is In No better shape than many 3rd world nations

[bundangbear]

In ways, of course. The one thing that really got to me was seeing, literally, thousands of homeless street kids throughout each and every day. That drove me insane.

[HistoryTours]

★★★★★

[bugsme10]

i have not been to Asia,

how ever i visit the border in Mexico.

been to Egypt, Haiti, Jamaica,and the islands in the south.

i quit giving money.

instead, i would take my polaroid camera and give away pictures.

the children love it.

if i'm on a cruise boat, i gather as much fruit as i can and give it to the children.

oh, the stories of happy i could give you.

thanx for this video. ********

[bundangbear]

Your optimism is like gold!

[cocaaaacolaaaa]

you know they look more happy than most rich people..they are more blessed and more wise on how to survive and very wise and strong souls should learn something from them ....I envy them :D god bless bear thank you for the inspirational video :D

[bundangbear]

Joe, I apologize. I DO AGREE that missionaries can do great things and really help people, yes. Sorry I snapped. I've been very, very depressed lately. Sorry.

[bundangbear]

Missionaries also force their religion on others. Not cool.

[patchworkpork]

bungdangbear, u did what u could. JAH will bless u for that. peace love and light my brother

[bundangbear]

JAH bless all~!

[TheOioink]

They call them Goyum or something similar

[bundangbear]

The word "goy," plural, "goyim," means "nations," in Biblical Hebrew, meaning the other nations, as opposed to Jews. It does not mean cattle. Now, you know well I support a free Palestine, so you won't see me defending Zionism, but I DO defend all people, regardless of religion, as people are just people, right?

[bugsme10]

yep

[Braehawk]

Yes, all if this sounds very familiar to me ;-( The pictures look very familiar too. Been there. And I've seen way too many neighborhoods like that.

[bundangbear]

What can we do to solve these problems? I feel so powerless....grgrgrgrgrgr

[MSWmson]

One thing I'm doing is getting involved in what are popularly known as "microloans," which are low-interest loans to very poor people to enable them to improve their lots without a handout. There are many good programs available. I like the principle, and I reinvest any returns back into new microloans for other folks.

[bundangbear]

I've looked into microloans, and I've heard mixed reviews. Should these very poor be charged interest? How much is appropriate? Let me know more.

[MSWmson]

Each one varies, and the interest (if they can pay) is miniscule. The way it works is that the loans (not handouts) are intended to let the recipients develop whatever skills/knowledge they have into small, self-sustaining businesses or trades. They pay this interest whenever they are able to make a profit.

My thoughts are that by example, these guys will provide impetus for others to strive to improve their circumstances.

[bundangbear]

Yeah, hand outs are definitely the wrong way to go. I'll look into this.

[MSWmson]

Bear, I'll try to remember to dig up what specific info I have on the organization I'm working with. I think you'll be interested in them. They're not scammers, cuz.

BTW, no sense beating yourself up. We do what we can, and all good improves the Stream. It's not in vain.

[bugsme10]

let go let God.

if we can help, God will put it before us.

May The Force Be With You.

[MSWmson]

Great follow-up to your last post, buddy. I could tell you a few stories myself about some of the poverty on the small island where I grew up. There it was the "mountain people," loosely translated. People so poor that a stray piece of tin roofing falling off a truck wold evoke fights as to who took it "home," Home was a rickety dirt-floor, clapboard-and-tin structure by the side of a mountain road (easier to beg).

Ah, what unthinking gluttons we all are.

[bundangbear]

Make a vid about it. I don't mean to be getting people depressed; I do mean to tell the truth, even to myself.

[MSWmson]

Bear, I've been trying to figure out a decent way to make videos, but being a mute is presenting a pretty big handicap. Seems like written captions throughout would be tedious and boring.

[codyhusky1]

hey brother don't feel bad .some times we get caught up in our own problems that we forget about other less fortunate ones . You make a differene to show your kindness to these children that they have never seen before shows that there is hope and good in this world in all forms so don't dwell onthe bad your one of the true good people on here .god bless bear your a good soul and the lord knows you have a good spirit ..

[MRF2FITTY]

your a good guy bear

[bundangbear]

You're a good guy, too, Bear!

[deck2233]

I think this is the best video you have made so far Bear. I take back what I said about you. This is the Bear I subbed to. Its hard as hell to deny impoverished children a meal or candy. Because of my job I'm in this situation a lot. Ive been thinking a lot about the Peace Corp. The Army is not a good Humanitarian organisation. Can't be Humane while toting Weapons around.

[bundangbear]

Thank you Mike. I try new things; I share my life in my vids; sometimes, it costs, yes, but this is the real me. I did Teach for America, and taught English in an impoverished town in the Arkansas Delta for 2 years.

[elbrookman]

bear.....there is understanding in accepting those things which we cannot change.....cry and laugh is sometimes a great gift and cost nothing.....the human spirit will evolve....just not in our lifetime.

[bundangbear]

Are you sure you're a Republican?? Wise words!

[awesomenesssssssssss]

OMG...i feel so sad...and guilty

[bundangbear]

Don't. Let me feel sad for you.

[angie112277]

Listen up bear....You should not be calling yourself Fat, Ugly, and Stupid. We all do the best we can. I am by no means rich...I am thankful to pay my bills, help others that need help and just do what I can to make this world a better place. Thats all we can do. Thats what you did!! ♥

[bundangbear]

Angie, I am. I'm here to tell the truth. I've been quite depressed these past few2 days.

[bugsme10]

why ?

[bundangbear]

The whole thinking about poverty and our relative wealth has got me down a bit. Plus, other life stuff. Electrical problems in the building I own may mean it could get condemned, plus my ordeal with the cops.

[bugsme10]

i sure hope things go better for you.

sooner than later.

[TheVikingNinja]

touching video bundang, i haven't watched your stuff in awhile, glad i saw this one.

[bundangbear]

It keeps getting better, Viking! Stay tuned.

[1dubgal]

ahhhhhhhhhhhh your so good pity the world isnt full of good hearted ppl like you!have never seen anything like those poor ppl...but i think about the poor the sick the old everyday and i feel so guilty for them being so sad n me being happy.....

[bundangbear]

I will suffer for you. You, go, BE HAPPY! One love~!

[MikeOfKorea]

I've seen it, too, Bundang buddy, in my travels, and I've cried a million tears myself. When people are that poor, they can't even get ahead enough to start extracting themselves. They need help just to get them to the starting line. I don't know what to do, either. I"m going to read the comments here and see if someone has an idea.

[biggydman]

What if we let the chips fall where they may in the corporate world and send "bailouts" to impoverished nations? What if our troops come home and our support goes overseas in more productive ways?

[bundangbear]

Mike, there is little solution being offered, including by me. My anecdote points to my own failure in helping.

[codyhusky1]

wow dude. i feel like shit

[bundangbear]

I'm not trying to make anyone feel bad; just making people think.

[cheeksoffire]

love you bundangbear!!!!

[bundangbear]

Much love~!

[wicreed]

I have been to the Philippines before and have seen the poverty first hand. The only way for things to really change in any third world country is that the people must pull themselves up. Like we did back in the great depression and making our individual way out of this recession. By taking responsibility for our own actions.

[bundangbear]

How can you pull yourself up with nothing? How can a homeless street kid with no shoes or shirt PULL THEMSELVES UP? You opinion echoes the dominant false mythology of the good ol' Protestant work ethic, which can work in a society with resources, but without resources, there is no such thing!

[biggydman]

I believe suffering teaches us compassion. I've seen simple joys and great happiness in the impoverished that eludes the rich first world. We don't own most of our "things", but most of our "things" own us. If we only knew how severe our crisis of abundance was. I believe President Obama is working hard to "restore" our joy in this country- by turning us into a third world nation!

[bundangbear]

That was Mother Teresa's philosophy, so she let the destitute and diseased suffer without attending to them while she found her "compassion."

[biggydman]

WOW! Yeah, you've done a lot more for the poor than Mother Teresa- so I see where your coming from on that one. Dude, that's harsh. She did a whole lot more than most people could accomplish in a lifetime. You may have philisophical and theological differences with her, but why would you choose to put her down, I'm just a hypocrite compared to her, and I couldn't hold a candle up to what she's done to make the world a better place. I don't justify excess- happiness isn't foudn in STUFF!

[bundangbear]

@biggydman Teresa was truly evil--she got off on the suffering of others. She would rot in hell, if it existed. Sorry, but you're not going to convince me she was good--she provided mats for the dying to lie on while she browbeat-ed them with her dogma. Now, you do know I work hard to defend the rights of religions, ALL religions, especially Islam, but Christianity as well when I need to, as well as belief systems like true Communism.

[cknight63]

@bundangbear I take issue on your Mother Theresa comments. MT had nothing to gain by telling people about her beliefs, because they didn't have any money anyway to give the church. Maybe she was like you and couldn't feed or help because she was just one person. Perhaps all the Catholic church gave her was her living allowance. Don't condemn people to hell especially when you haven't walked in their shoes.

[bundangbear]

Don't judge me. I hold a lot of respect for Pope John Paul II, Saint Anthony, St. Francis of Assisi, Father Damien, Bartholomew I, and St. Stephen Min Kuk-ka, so you can not pigeonhole me. I am not alone in my thoughts on her, and i have researched her extensively. i am intensely interested in religion, all religion. I am a religious person, but I refuse to disclose my religion on YT, and I never will.

Watch Hell's Angel: Mother Teresa by Christopher Hitchens SEARCH IT!

[keanghiero]

Nice

5*

all the best

Kean

[TheOioink]

Why don't you go to Uganda next that's a real nice place!! What do you expect from fucked up countries that only help the rich. USA would be one of those courtries for sure! Blame the backward countries for treating the people like animals. Jews call non-jews Cattle!! So what do those countries call their people? Shit? :P

[bundangbear]

You know I'm part Jewish, right? I've never heard my mom, aunt, or grandmother EVER call anyone cattle.

[seouldave69]

It's not your fault.

[TerrierBram]

My parents worked their ass off, and provided ... it's that simple. You better blame voodoo the pope, the catholics came there to indoctrinate this conception by masses stuff. If you stick your dick in, then be responsible. Instead of doing stupid karaoke all the time.These people could better educate them self with knowledge. Knowledge is the gate to wisdom. Would hold them back to fish empty the seas, and put dynamite and poison in coral reefs. Catholic faith is a curse for the Earth.

[TheOioink]

As if the pope gives a shit about anyone LOL!!!!

[itchyundies]

yaya bear that must of been tuff man i`d fall for that to if i was in a poor country and probably get upset to realising its a huge task super bigger than bear task but as my tongue hits my cheak

HARDEN THE FUCK UP and at least feel gratefull for what you do have :))

[bundangbear]

The problem is, it's making me guilty, not grateful. What should I do?

[TheVikingNinja]

i came across a passage in a buddhist scripture once, i don't remember where it was from, might have been the dhapamada. anyway, it said take care of yourself first and then attend to others. i think that makes sense. jesus encouraged extreme charity, but if you give everything away you become a charity case, so don't feel guilty bundang, you have to eat and pay bills.

[bundangbear]

Your wisdom and sympathy is very much appreciate. I am too hard on myself too much.