GUTOM

Topic: Stratification
Rolan Barron, 28, makes a living by scavenging for garbage from a canal and selling
plastic sprayers. His meager income has made feeding his wife and seven children a
constant problem.
Living in a shanty built on the edge of a dirty canal, Rolan also grows on a small
patch of land sweet potatoes and grated coconut, which he feeds to his children
when they have nothing else to eat.
Rolan only finished third grade in elementary school so finding a job is difficult. The
children cry when they are hungry.
They say their heads are aching. But I tell them not to shout as the neighbors might
hear, says Rolan in Filipino.
The families have become unmindful of the health risks, especially the children.
Whats important is their stomachs are filled.
The Tome family in Port Area, Manila does another way to survive every day hunger.
They earn a living by selling rejected newspapers to junk shops.
They have learned a way to stretch the few
pesos that they earn to ease their hunger.

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According
to the SWS
survey, the
average
poor family
misses
eating one day every three months. But in the
five days that Jay spent with these families, he
witnessed hunger that is much worse than was
reflected on the survey.
I learned how residents cope with everyday hunger through altanghap, a Filipino
word that takes the first syllables of breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They survive on a
single meal each day, then go to sleep to let hunger pass.

I also learned to be sure to be really prepared before getting married. May it be financially, emotionally, physically and spirituality.
The movie is really true nowadays. The parents should know that they will face a difficult situation if they will keep on bearing
children.