It seems the 600 or so people that scavange in the landfill or “smokey mountain” as it is often referred to by Filipino will loose the meager earnings they gleam from the waste of others.
If you haven’t already seen these two post I made about poverty in the Philippines, you should really check out this link: ”Poverty In Philippines” as it is a sad eye opener about the poverty in the Philippines. I don’t know how much help these folks will get from authorities and it would be out of line for me to suggest they should. The city clearly has to do something and this makes a lot of sense to me. Maybe some nongovernmental organizations (NGO) can move in to fill any void that it creates.
There are programs in the Philippines designed to reduce the poverty in the Philippines. There is one that gives money to extremely poor families that keep their children in school. An NGO is also involved in this program.
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