Apparently, our country is not yet highly developed. Millions of Filipinos are still poor. A lot of households in our country are still struggling to survive financially and economically. No matter how the government tells us about our current economic achievements, poverty is still evident across our country.

Others might say that those Filipinos who are poor are lazy and just reliant to our government. But look, many of our countrymen are already working hard, yet they’re still trapped in the limbo of poverty.

So what’s the problem?

The problem is there are unfortunate things that exist in our country that are making many Filipinos poor no matter how hard they work to become rich and have financial freedom. Poor things give birth to more poor things. And if we want to fight poverty in the Philippines, we might want to take a look at these 11 things that are poor in the Philippines and why our country is struggling to progress. [Read more…]