aA new study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), estimates that 12.8 million children under the age of 15 are living in poverty, an increase of one million over a three-year period.

"Forty-four percent of all Filipino children are living in poverty and also suffer from other dimensions of poverty like deprivations of food, shelter, health and education," Vanessa Tobin, UNICEF country representative, told IRIN.

Released on 16 September, but based on data compiled from 2003 to 2006, the key findings of the study demonstrate clear trends across the country, with 9.2 million of the 12.8 million children living in rural areas.

According to the study, 5.4 million children were deprived of at least one of the three dimensions of well-being - shelter, sanitation, and water - in 2006. In June 2009, the Child Development Index, released by the National Statistics Coordination Board, indicated the human development of children deteriorated in the period 2003-2006, when the poverty rate rose. 

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Poor Children: How can I make a difference? Poor Children: A Matter of Life and Death Poor children around the world often find themselves fighting to stay alive each day. Children living in a poverty do not just lack finances — these children often go without food, water, health care and education. Many times, poor children also face each day without hope. Each year, more than 10 million poor children never make it to their fifth birthday. Most of these lives could easily be saved. Half of these deaths are linked to malnutrition. Poor children often go to bed hungry.  About 3 million people, most of whom are poor children under age 5, die from illnesses caused by a lack of clean water.  Pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, measles and HIV/AIDS kill millions of poor children every year. Treatment and lessons on prevention would save thousands of lives!  its time for you to make a change, lets help them to follow the right track towards the better future.

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The father of a wealthy Mosman family took his son on a trip to country NSW, with the purpose of showing his son how poor people can be.
They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family.
On their way back in the car the father turned to his son and asked him, "So, how was the trip?"
"It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked. "Oh yeah" said his son. "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father.
His son answered, "I saw that we have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends and neighbours who protect them."
Then his son added, "Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are."

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