Homeless and living on the streets – their population is getting bigger by the day. For some, it is considered eyesores in a livable City and for others, they call it fate. Failing economies such as what we have in the Philippines is a reflection why people are forced to live on the streets. A government that allocates fewer budgets to social service and education will likely push its people into poverty and lessen the chance of their survival.
Landlessness and squatter problems haunts the government while foreigners get to own properties and establish businesses in a foreign land. Corruption and those who desperately cling to power in the guise of public service are the reason why the country remains to suffer an irreversible crisis. Children often experience the effects of political, economic, and social crises within their countries more severely than adults, and many lack the adequate institutional support to address their special needs. Eventually, they end up on the streets.
Abandoned children due to intense poverty, children who walk away from home due to physical, mental or sexual abuse linger on the streets and soon become the problem of the society. The government could only do as much – institutions that could help these children also face difficulty in funding and government support.
Homelessness has ill effects on children. No medical care and inadequate living conditions and making them susceptible to diseases while they battle for survival. The growth of children is affected by their nomadic lifestyles while authorities expel them from temporary shelters such as parks, doorways and sidewalks.
The attention of the government is being called as the population of the homeless and those who are in the poverty level continue to rise. More action is needed and plans to address the problem will need more than just laws – it needs the action of the leaders in government – to provide the needs of the people to land, jobs and their right to education and social service.
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