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Filipino Hunger Rate – Lowest Since 2007
This is good news but a 15% hunger rate is still too high. No one in the Philippines, or elsewhere, should have to go hungry. PAS is working to help alleviate this problem. I hope you’ll join us.
Based on SWS data, the latest hunger rate is the lowest since June 2007, when the recorded figure was at 14.7 percent.
In its survey, SWS asked 1,200 respondents nationwide: “In the last 3 months, did it happen even once that your family experienced hunger and not have anything to eat?”
Those who answered in the affirmative were further asked: “Did it happen ‘only once,’ ‘a few times,’ ‘often’ or ‘always?’”
SWS classified experiencing hunger only once or a few times as “moderate hunger,” while going hungry often or always was categorized as “severe hunger.”
Nationwide, those who experienced moderate hunger decreased from 15.7 percent (3.2 million families) in March to 13.1 percent (2.6 million families) in June.
Those who experienced severe hunger fell from 4.7 percent (950,000 families) in March to 2 percent (403,000 families) in June.
By geographical area, overall hunger rates decreased in Luzon outside Metro Manila and Metro Manila, but rose in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Read more here. Also, please consider a donation to the PAS soup kitchen.
