Philippines is an archipelago, of over 7,100 islands, in Southeast Asia.
Philippines population is around 110 million (as per 2020 data) distributed over limited land area (around 300,000 square km) – population density is very high.
Poverty is high 23.7 percent; 26.14 million Filipinos are living below the poverty threshold.
10.94 million Filipinos have not enough income for basic food needs.
Philippine has a high fertility rate and high maternal and new-born mortality rate with limited access to basic health services specially for poor.
95 Filipino children die every day from malnutrition.
7,000,000 children are sexually abused every year. 70% of them are between 10 and 18 years old. More than 90% of them are girls and women.
