http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2006/june/11/yehey/top_stories/20060611top2.html
Sunday, June 11, 2006
What malnutrition does to Filipino school kids
By The Manila Times Research staff
MILLIONS of Filipino children go to school without proper or enough nutrients and energy to help them through the day. Getting through the work and learning of a day in school can be fun for a well-fed pupil. It is usually painful for a malnourished child.
Of every 100 primary school-age children, 26 were underweight and 37 were underheight or short, the latest nutrition survey (2003) done by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) of the Department of Science and Technology.
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19/09: One school uniform for a whole week
Category: General
Posted by: Raja Petra
Borneo PostPenan student lives with bare necessities at boarding school; some stop studying due to ‘hurtful’ teasingKUCHING: Every school day, 13-year-old Wendy Musa wears the same uniform which she washes once a week.
Even if it smells, she still has to wear it till Friday afternoon before she can do her laundry.
This is because she has no spare and her single mother cannot afford to buy her another.
This Penan girl from Ba’ Abang, Ulu Baram, Miri Division, aspires to be a teacher but is uncertain of her future because she doesn’t know how long her mother can continue supporting her in secondary school.
This teenager is the eldest in a family of six siblings and her mother has no other source of income to support the family except self-sufficient farming.
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