1. 'STAYING ALIVE FOR ANOTHER DAY'.
- Author
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Flamm, Mikel
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FIRST person narrative , *NARRATION , *POVERTY - Abstract
The article discusses the author's experience in traveling to China, Philippines and Bangladesh for Habitat for Humanity International and to witness day-to-day struggle of some of the poorest communities. His first encounter was a squatter community in Dhaka were he interviewed a 16-year old girl carrying his son who survive for US$1.25-$1.40 per day. He also meet the Badjao, an ethnic minority in Mindanao, visited the slum community in Metro Manila and the remote village in Yunnan Province.
- Published
- 2006