Aileen Rodriguez
Aileen Rodriguez has been undergoing home-based therapy since July 2009 up to the present under CBR programme in Eastern Samar, the Philippines. The village health worker, trained by Terre des Hommes Netherlands for rehabilitation skills, undergoes and supervises the therapy. Aileen and her parents were taught of the exercises she had to do every day. Slowly, her balance improved and from clutching onto the post for support so that she can be able to stand, she can now stand with the aid of a stick.
Philippines
The Philippines is one of the popular destinations for commercial sex tourism, which puts hundreds and thousands of Filipino children in danger. Department of Tourism, through its Child Wise Tourism Programme, strengthened its effort to prevent further child exploitation (trafficking, prostitution, and pornography). The data showed about 246,011 street children were identified in 22 major Philippine cities. Between 45,000 and 50,000 street children practice high-risk behaviours, such as practicing substance abuse and unprotected sex.
Although the economy manages to grow, it is not enough to reduce the number of poor Filipinos and a growth rate of at least 7% is needed to change the lives of one-third of the total population. Uncontrolled population growth has also been blamed for the failure to reduce poverty incidence amid a growing economy.
