Chapter 3 Strategies That Help Bring About Systemic Change
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,