Living in Extreme Poverty in Manila Philippines. Travel to the SLUMS of th Philippines. Filipinos

Her name is Bea, not Mae. I do apologize for the typo error.

To fight poverty; first, you must understand the roots of it.

History:

Before the Spaniards invaded our motherland, we were living a prosperous and peaceful life.
The people were honest and true to their fellow brothers and sisters.
We only learned the words crab mentality and corruption when the Spaniards enslaved our people.

The Spaniards came to our land with muskets in their right hands and bibles in their left hands.
They enslaved, repressed and oppressed our people with brute force and illusion of God's mercy and forgiveness at the same time.

Religion:

The world is better w/o religions. Faith in different religions caused and continue to cause wars and destruction.
Just look at the Philippines folks. The war between the Christians and the Muslims has no end in sight.
When the Spaniards enslaved us, they used Catholicism to easily control and manipulate our people.
They used Catholicism to put fear in our hearts.
You put fear in someone, it will be easier for you to fool him/her.

Slavery:

The Spaniards forcefully enslaved our people. Millions were sent to mines to work and die. Countless numbers of women were raped and forced to work for their masters.
The people were forced to pay taxes and agricultural lands were stolen.
The Spaniards became rich and powerful out of the sufferings of our people.

The Americans:

The Americans bought our country from the Spaniards for only Five Hundred Dollars after the Spanish-American war.

The Americans put in our minds that they saved us from the Spaniards. On the contrary, more than 1 Million Filipino soldiers and civilians were murdered by the Americans during the Filipino-American war.

The Spaniards taught us how to pray. When the Americans came, they taught us how to watch Hollywood movies, drink Coca-Cola, etc..., and for us to dream to have a lifestyle like what they have. It's called export of Capitalism and application of Colonialism.
Destroy their local beliefs, culture and way of life, then replaced them with American way of life. That way, Capitalism will thrive.

Effects of Spanish and American Colonialism & Capitalism:

The Filipinos became greedy with lust for money and power.
Crab mentality, colonial mentality and dishonesty are now in our heads. The whole Philippine society is bathing in corruption, brought to us by our overlords.

Present Economy and way of life:

Sure there's a lot of rich people in the Philippines, but majority of the population are living below poverty line.

Businesses are monopolized by a few people. Those few people buy politicians to protect their businesses.
Why is business monopolization bad? Because small and local entrepreneurs have no way to compete against those giant corporations/businesses.
The concentration of wealth only runs within the inner circle of those few people who sit on the top of the food chain.

Foreigners bring their businesses to the Philippines for cheap labor. Most of those foreign companies do not give labor benefits to their workers. The Filipinos are nothing but slaves of those who are rich and powerful.

The balance of trade is not fair for the Philippines. Foreign companies flood our market with their products, products that we Filipinos gladly buy because of Colonial mentality.

I will give you an example of how to deal with unfair trade:
When I went to Ecuador and Bolivia in Latin America; I learned that they implemented a regulation where they limit the import of imported chips from the United States.
Instead of importing Pringles, Lays, etc.. massively from the United States, they pay attention on how to mass produce their own local chips to sell to the market.
Do you get the picture? Support your local products than buying imported goods from overseas.

Globalization:

I believe in the positive results of globalization for all mankind. But it is not fair for the Philippines because globalization affects negatively our economy and society.
For now, we need a pride of Nationalism in the Philippines. Philippines first before anything else. Filipino first before someone else. Filipino arts, culture and products first before anything else.

Pride of Nationalism and love for your fellow countrymen will help lift our country out of the 3rd world.

The Greatest Filipino President:

All the Presidents we had in the Philippines were all American puppets. The 1 and only President who truly cared about the grassroots and to his motherland was President Ramon Magsaysay.
Unfortunately, he was assassinated. They planted a bomb in his airplane and presented the crash to the public as an accident.

Why do many Filipinas want to marry a foreigner? Click the link to hear why. Thanks!!

[rheamdc]

The healthcare problem in the Philippines. Click the link guys to see the Filipinos who suffer. Thanks!

The beggars and homeless in the Philippines. Click the link to watch/see the film. Thanks!

The Filipino children who do not go to school. Click the link to watch/see the film. Thanks guys!

Why many Filipinas want to marry a foreigner? Click the link to find out why. Thank you!

Click the link folks to see more films like this one. Thanks a lot!

[litlitjavier]

the church should just give free baptism to every people that chooses to be baptised as christians.. im sorry but church is slowly becoming as business establishments.. im a christian by the way.

[lestermurray]

Everytime I think things are tough in my life, I watch videos like this. Truly amazing what can actually go thru and make it. Children are still happy with only one meal and live in shack. Still smiling and playing. Amazing

[changename]

Why do I feel like every time I come to watch your video, Mark always has to go on about his opinions, like come on dude, I’m not watching your videos so I can listen to your opinion I watch because I applaud you for what you do for your people.

[jennyoyster]

The food she made actually looked good, she’s a good mama. This is heartbreaking.

[liaxo]

Thats what i always wonder why charities in poor countries still ask for money when people donate millions? Corruption is real in this world we live in!

[ernaherlina]

Sir Mark, I am an Indonesian who used to live in the Philippines for years. I somehow felt discouraged to learn and practice speaking Tagalog while I was there. The reason is exactly like what you said. If I speak Tagalog, people think I am a Filipina from the province and the people in Manila look down on people speaking Tagalog. So I speak English all the time when I was there. Now watching your videos, I realise that I actually understand 90% of their conversation, because Tagalog vocabulary sounds like combination of Malay, English and Spanish, three languages that I can speak fluently.

[MicPenedor]

"He's the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the same comfort that we ourselves received from God." — 2 Corinthians 1:4

[DaSilencer]

I love my country and I wish we had more people who have hearts of gold to help families in dire needs. I hope someday we can stop poverty and guide people the right direction for a better future.

[gvnnchannel]

thank u for helping the less fortunate.may this channel continue to grow and continue your efforts to help those who are living hard..god will always respond with the goodness we have.

[benbarry]

Great ending as always. Good ♥ Mark and Rehea.

[pulubibaknang]

Jose Rizal reborn!!!. Maraming salamat Mr. Mark.

[cmangkuk]

Now this is how charity should be. Your team is not only giving food and grocery but to give them job and life. Now they can grow from poverty. Good job

[dhiansan]

Kawawa naman cla. I hope you God will provide more blessings to you Sir Mark and to you Maam Rhea. Lahat ng videos nyu sinusundan koh. How good people you are. Pagpalain kau ng Ama.

[jazelhoneysaclapus]

thank you for your kind acts. I salute you guys. Hope you will be blessed more to help those in need to stand on their own & Hope madami pa ang katulad nyo. Salamat po sa good examples. nkakatouch lng kc.

[amoodstanimali]

Thanks bro/sis...
Ur helping people needy!
Keep up d good work
I salute u guys!
Im one of ur followers..
I learn a lot from you!
God bless you always

[Jarlem]

She's the hardest mother I had ever seen, so proud of her!

[nailasultan]

I just watched 3 episodes of your video.. wow ! God bless you .. Sana mahabang mahaba pa buhay mo para marami ka pa matulungan.

[madison]

Why be so negative about catholics and rich people, the world is not prefect but staying, I was a street kid and abandoned at the age of 4, i did not have any parents to raise me, i stuggled and was helped by people who ran churhes, if i did not keep a positive attitude i would have died when i had cancer, stage 4, that was 15 years ago, i believe faith in God and positive thinging has kept me alive to be able to help countless children and adults which i do to this day, please stop with the negative bs and blaming the world, why not use your energy to help people who need it.stop being so full of yourself. open your eyes to the goodness and beauty souronding us all.

[kazuhaxheiji]

Thank u sir Mark at mam Rhea sana mas marami p po kau matulungan.. God bless po s inyo.. New subscriber here