Philippines

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Sponsors have helped Filipino children since 1972, when Compassion teamed up with churches in the Philippines to fight poverty.

southeastern Asia

sports: basketball, badminton, boxing, Arnis (a martial art)

foods: pork, seafood, rice, halo-halo (a sweet drink)

celebrations: MassKara (a festival with parades, dancing and masks), Sinulog (a Catholic festival celebrating Jesus), Christmas

invented the jeepney - a colorfully decorated vehicle popular for public transportation

Philippine eagles, saltwater crocodiles, Visayan warty pigs

Poverty Pitfalls


Many people don't have electricity at home.	Kids who don't have light at home can do homework at their Compassion centers instead.
There aren't enough clean bathrooms or clean water.	The centers have safe, clean places for kids to go to the bathroom and wash their hands.
Typhoons and earthquakes ruin people's homes.	Churches help families find new homes after natural disasters.

a little bigger than Arizona

money: peso

in the Ring of Fire, an area with lots of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes

is the only place where the endangered Visayan warty pig lives

Native people are known for making beautiful woven fabrics.

Popular recipes blend Indian, Chinese and native Filipino ingredients.

Stats	Philippines ??	United States 🇺🇸
Population	104,256,076	339,665,118
People Living in Poverty	21.6%	15.1%
Languages	Filipino, English, Tagalog, eight regional languages like Cebuano and Ilocano	English, Spanish, Chinese, other
Religions	Catholic 82.9%, Muslim 5%, other Christian 4.5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, other/unspecified 2.4%, none 0.1%	Protestant 46.5%, none/other 26.1%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Mormon 1.6%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah’s Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%
Typical Family Income	$8,200 per year	$63,700 per year