manila slums

This is a video I made for a book review I did for my Missions class. It contains photos of slums in Manila, Philippines along with excerpts from the book.

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• slum
• missions

[NBAGOATS]

@scarletskullthorn I know pigs who live better than this. 

[hetismij21]

@rubin808 you are wrong pamily is what keeps us together, the church is our only refuge during the rainy season and typhoons. there are scores of nuns and laymen who come to our slums and help us. don't leave the church, it is the soul of filipinos, it is through Jesus suffering that we are united. the church is not to blame for poverty it is greedy people and filipinos themselves who don't care or give us opportunity to get higher up.

[scarletskullthorn]

Enough of this political things, the money and everything else.. don't you people realize the yeah it may look like this but at the end of the day these people are happy just to live i mean im am very proud of them all... i mean think about it they have barely any money but yet they are happy and another is they bare have any money yes, true but look at the jollie bee and the shopping malls and other things its packed with people isn't it? Think about the big picture people "HAPPINESS"

[ASHRAFFKLEIN]

The prob wit Phil is the govt dun know how to make money! How to atrract true investor to phil. No money how to run the country!! One more thing,,phil govt EGO. think Phil is better than neighbourhood country. always look at west. Why dun ask Malaysia for example investing in Palm Tree Plantation. Last 20 years Malaysia help Indonesia growing Palm tree n now Indonesia is a world highest palm oil (cooking oil)producer! Its ll make Phil green n its create a lots of jobs to pilipinos.

[rogerrosales1]

rubin808 is also right in saying that the marcoses (or their cronies) took billions of dollars from the philiipines for themselves and this is one reason why we still suffer this long-tern effect of poverty. but, assuming that this present government under pres. noynoy aquino is 100% corrupt-free, i have this personal assessment that this nation's economy will never achieve its goal as long as population is not controlled.

[rubin808]

@rogerrosales1 The poverty in the Philippines is not just from religion but from government corruption. The Marcoses took billions of dollars and pesos from the Philippines for themselves.

[rogerrosales1]

majority of filipinos are talented, skilled and hard-working people. what makes the philippines poor is their religious belief (majority are catholics) that promotes population growth (from the bible: "go forth and multiply..."). the church is against family planning. birth control, etc. the catholic bishops conference of the philippines is against many government programs creating job opportunities. although i consider myself a catholic, i already left the catholic church years ago.

[rogerrosales1]

the roman catholic church in the philippines is for population explosion, she tolerates poverty and sees untidy children from slum areas as "blessings from God." she is against the plan of creating another "las vegas" in the country. thus. depriving filipinos of employment opportunities. it is a shame for us. filipinos because we brag of ourselves as "the only christian nation in asia" and yet were branded as one of the most corrupt nation in the world! WOE TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH!

[afnadh]

For how long this kind of situation the filipinos can stand to lived. Goverment should open eyes to solve of this proverty. Foregien only can help a bit but the rest is from the goverment itself.Over population..uncontrol childbirth...unemployed...etc. Finaly..the rich become a richer and the poor ...you know what i mean !!!!. May mighty God bless of this people from proverty .

[livnapassion]

If you are speaking of the God of the Bible, I'm afraid you might be a bit off. I'm convinced the God of the Bible doesn't call us to prosperity (which leads us only to have faith in ourselves) but rather to have faith in Him to see our needs met. Why then would Jesus say "blessed are the poor", and that the poor would always be with us? Why then would He live as a homeless man if God's call is for prosperity? Sure God may bless others w/ some form of prosperity, but it's by no means a calling.