SWS: Hungry Filipino families fall to 10% in Sept

By Kaithreen Cruz

Dec 07, 2021 11:10 am

TEN percent of Filipino families experienced involuntary hunger at least once in the past three months, according to the September 2021 survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS).

This is estimated at about 2.5 million families in the country who experienced hunger due to lack of food to eat. Of the number, 7.9 percent or 2 million families experienced moderate hunger while 2.1 percent or 534,000 families experienced severe hunger.

Without protection against Covid-19, a mother from Barangay Langkaan 2 in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, sifts through garbage on August 26, 2021, for ‘treasure’ that she could sell later for some cash to feed her family. PHOTO BY BOY JOSUE

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