2015年2月1日日曜日

Invisible poverty


To my surprise, one of six Japanese children is suffering from poverty at the moment. They are living the below the living standards that the Japanese government set. However, the poor that the Filipinos imagine are quite different from the ones in Japan. It seems like they are living a normal life; they have a place to stay and sleep, and they can eat meals somehow. Most people probably don't notice that they are actually suffering from poverty. With parent's low income, one of six children can not go to a college/university and end up looking for a job, even it is not right time for them. Most of those children have single-parent families. Some single mothers are having a hard time to allocate their money to child-raising because of their financial problem. No one gives them a hand or even hear their voices because of the invisible poverty. 

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