United Nations Population Fund Philippines

The United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), is an international development agency that strives to ensure that every person, no matter the age, status or gender, has equal opportunity and access to health security. Population data is used to develop programs which aim...

The Art of Microfinancing

As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Microfinance, referred to as banking for the poor, is used as a means of alliviating poverty which corresponds to this moral....

Moving the Rubble

As I watched the news with my family this evening, the news reporter was following up on the 7.0 earthquake that had hit Haiti, the poorest nation on the Western Hemisphere. There had been a woman trapped inside the broken rubble of a collasped building. This woman...