Chapter 3   Strategies That Help Bring About Systemic Change

On the other side of the globe, on a garbage dump outside

of Manila In the Philippines. the people of Payatas

were having a similar problem. Hoping to find work in

the city, people settled on the dumpsite In 1991 only to

find their numbers swell to the thousands.

Problems such as high mortality rates, malnutrition, lack of education for children, shortage of potable water, the dangers of landslides from trash heaps, and the lack of financial means to address these faced the people of Payatas,