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    A Glimmer of Love (Persuasive Essay)

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    This document discusses the factors contributing to the high number of orphans in the Philippines. The three main factors are: 1) Poverty, which prevents social progress and concentrates wealth among prominent families, leaving many in poverty. 2) Lack of education, with unequal access depending on social class. 3) Teenage pregnancy, which affects around 6% of Filipinas and leads to around 200,000 teenage pregnancies per year, many of whom give up their babies. These factors together result in a large orphan population in the Philippines.

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    This document discusses the factors contributing to the high number of orphans in the Philippines. The three main factors are: 1) Poverty, which prevents social progress and concentrates wealth among prominent families, leaving many in poverty. 2) Lack of education, with unequal access depending on social class. 3) Teenage pregnancy, which affects around 6% of Filipinas and leads to around 200,000 teenage pregnancies per year, many of whom give up their babies. These factors together result in a large orphan population in the Philippines.

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    This document discusses the factors contributing to the high number of orphans in the Philippines. The three main factors are: 1) Poverty, which prevents social progress and concentrates wealth among prominent families, leaving many in poverty. 2) Lack of education, with unequal access depending on social class. 3) Teenage pregnancy, which affects around 6% of Filipinas and leads to around 200,000 teenage pregnancies per year, many of whom give up their babies. These factors together result in a large orphan population in the Philippines.

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    A Glimmer of Love (Persuasive Essay)

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    This document discusses the factors contributing to the high number of orphans in the Philippines. The three main factors are: 1) Poverty, which prevents social progress and concentrates wealth among prominent families, leaving many in poverty. 2) Lack of education, with unequal access depending on social class. 3) Teenage pregnancy, which affects around 6% of Filipinas and leads to around 200,000 teenage pregnancies per year, many of whom give up their babies. These factors together result in a large orphan population in the Philippines.

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    A Glimmer of love

    (Persuasive Essay)

    The very first factor is poverty. Since corruption is endemic in the Philippine political
    system, this largely prevents progress and social growth. Wealth and power are concentrated
    among prominent families, leaving the poor very little chance to improve themselves.

    The second factor is the lack of education. There is a huge inequality among different
    social groups in educational achievement. The well-heeled have better access to education than
    the indigent. Although the Department of Education’s mission is to provide quality basic
    education that is fairly accessible to all, the rate of out-of-school children and youth in the
    Philippines is still growing. In fact, the Department of Education stated that this rate would reach
    four million in number this 2021 due to the pandemic. And since many Filipinos live below the
    poverty line, many of us find it hard to be successful in life, hence, contribute greatly to the
    orphan crisis in the Philippines.

    Since there is lack of education due to poverty, we will no longer be surprised that the
    third factor is teenage pregnancy. According to the Philippine Statistical Authority, this affects
    around 6% of Filipinas. An approximately 538 babies are born to teenage Filipina mothers every
    single day, which means almost 200,000 teenagers get pregnant every year, and to fan the
    flames, there are about 40 births each year by girls who have not reached the age of 13! And
    since they are too young, most of them are not at all prepared for motherhood, and just decide
    to give up the baby.

    These three factors often give birth to orphans.

    The population of the Philippines is more than 109 million, and there are only 139
    Filipino orphans being adopted every year. That is only 0.0000695% of the orphan population
    that finds a forever-home each year. We need to do something about this! No matter how
    average our way of living is. It is high time for us to be part of something bigger than ourselves.
    Number of orphans? 200,000,000. Number of caring individuals it takes to change the life of an
    orphan? Just one! Visit www.orphansofthephilippines.com and rescue and transform the life of
    an orphan. While all of us are facing a bleak and uncertain future, may the many children of the
    Philippines give us many reasons to hope and to celebrate every day.

    Has the Covid-19 pandemic made us, Filipinos, more or less giving? Has it changed the way we
    help one another? While you’d expect opulent donors to give more during this crisis, you
    wouldn’t necessarily expect similar action from average people hurting from an economic
    depression. Does this mean that they have nothing to give, or just thinking that this pandemic
    has given them the license not to give? As they say, a little goes a long way. I strongly believe
    that we all have something to offer. Sure, according to Albert and Ramon, 20% of the population
    only had a share of 4.45% of the national income. This shows that the distribution of wealth is
    uneven in the Philippines, therefore, there are many average people, but what about the less
    fortunate? The poorest of the poor? The orphans? What about these children who were
    abandoned by their parents? As of today, the number of orphans in the Philippines is now
    estimated to be over 2,000,000! How did this happen? There are three factors that will serve as
    key to understanding this situation.

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