Philippine Scene # 2 - Everyday People, The Hungry Ones

The Philippine Archipelago is worthy to have your charitable institution listed here courtesy of the following data collated by Wikipedia. If new charities are created after the publication of this hub, you can also include your advocacy in helping homeless people in my country.

• 1 Christian Compassion Ministries, Manila

• 2 RP - Mission and Development Foundation Inc. (RP-MD)

• 3 Cancer Warriors Foundation Inc. (CWF)

• 4 EnFaNCE Foundation

• 5 Life Project 4 Youth (LP4Y)

• 6 Arnel Pineda Foundation Incorporated (APFI)

• 7 Tuloy Foundation

• 8 Home For Good Foundation

• 9 The Family International - Manila - Channel of Hope Foundation

• 10 Gov. Faustino N. Dy, Sr. Foundation

• 11 Pangarap Foundation Inc.

• 12 RENEW Foundation Philippines

• 13 Tahanan Sta. Luisa Welcome Shelter

• 14 International Justice Mission Manila

• 15 Springboard Foundation

• 16 SOS Children's Villages in the Philippines

• 17 The Purple Rose Campaign

• 18 ReachOut Foundation International

• 19 Philippine Children's Fund of America

• 20 People’s Recovery Empowerment Development Assistance or Preda

• 21 Loving Care Street Kids Foundation

• 22 Bahay Bata Center, Angeles City

• 23 Visayan Forum Foundation

• 24 Buklod Center

• 25 Tingog sa Kabataan

• 26 Salvation Army

• 27 ECPAT Philippines

• 28 CHILDHOPE Asia Philippines

• 29 Dalaw Kalinga Foundation (DKF)

• 30 Virlanie Foundation Inc (VFI)

• 31 Time-Bound Program

• 32 Bantay Bata

• 33 MYNA Project, Inc.

• 34 Nagkakaisang Kababaihan ng Angeles(NAGKA)

• 35 CATW - Asia Pacific

• 36 WEDPRO, The Philippines

• 37 Bagong Kamalayan Collective, Inc. (BKCI)

• 38 ORBIS International Orbis flying eye hospital

• 39 AHON SA Kalye Ministries Inc.

• 40 Lunduyan Foundation

• 41 Children's Shelter of Cebu

• 42 Maharlika Charity Foundation

• 43 Visayan Forum

• 44 Stairway Foundation Inc (SFI)

• 45 Kabalikat ng Pamilyang Pilipino (Kabalikat)

• 46 MTQ Charity Clinic

• 47 Give A Life Charity Foundation

• 48 PATH Foundation Philippines

• 49 Sisters Plus

• 50 ECPAT-Cebu

• 51 Stop Abuse of Minors Association, Inc. - SAMA

• 52 Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse

• 53 Reproductive Health and Wellness Center

• 54 The SCOTS Foundation

• 55 Para Sa Bata Organization

• 56 Kabataang Inyong Dapat Suportahan (K.I.D.S) Foundation Inc

• 57 Women Helping Women Centre in Angeles City

• 58 Philippine Aid Society

• 59 Ang Bata At Kalinga - Volunteers For Children's Welfare. Inc.

• 60 Tw-mae-w, Third World Movement Against The Exploitation Of Women

• 61 Philippine Charities Foundation

• 62 Philippine Improvement Group

• 63 Lighthouse Club Manila

• 64 Rotary Club of Manila

• 65 ANZA: Australian & New Zealand Association, Manila

• 66 The Philippine Community Fund

• 67 Gawad Kalinga

• 68 USAID Philippines

• 69 Damascus Foundation, Inc.

• 70 Tiwala Kids and Communities

• 71 Kapampangan Development Foundation (KDF)

• 72 AJD Angels of Hope Foundation

• 73 Passerelles Numériques Philippines

• 74 GLAMOUR WITH A GENUINE HEART INC.

As the world population increases...as every second of the clock signifies new life, I cannot help but be observant with the kinds of people I'm seeing everyday on the streets.

Aside from the usual members of the family in the house or the friends you used to get acquainted with everyday at work or parties, there are times that I am also observing my neighbors, their everyday life and other queer things that can be the talk of the town.

Talk about Neighborhood Watch. I used to be a member of it's version here in the Philippines. I've also written about it here on HubPages.

But digging deeper, as my 40 pages in the Book of Life have been turned in my history, I become aware of what's happening out there, as I go out on the streets, riding in a jeepney (public utility here in my country), bus or light rail transit.

Two leading questions that come in my mind are these:

1. What can I do to help those beggars?
2. How can I inspire others to be do-gooders?

You see, we are so busy doing our own things and often ignore those voices who are asking for a little help from us.

What if we're one of them? What if fate turns into us?

Bystanders often berate those less-fortunate ones but they're also humans. Money is not the barometer of being a helpful, nameless human being.

Have you seen these scenes here in the Philippines?

• A mother carrying a child (often crying) begging for alms - Most people call them as "Badjao", the minority group of people from Mindanao who are displaced and are frolicking the cities due to the insurgency in the area caused by government and rebel conflicts and warring tribes
• Homeless children begging for coins for food - People often smirk at unruly children suddenly romping their ways to PUV (public utility vehicles), like jeepneys, during the STOP sign in the traffic. They're begging for some coins by cleaning the windshields of those vehicles or its floors but some shoo them as they grumble that they'll just use it to buy 'rugby' (inhale the petroleum product used for pasting the soles of old shoes, etc.)
• Elderly people roaming the streets for alms - I wonder where their families are? I always see old people draggingly roam the streets of Manila. Some were even posted on Facebook and other social media sites.
• Taong Grasa (greasy man) eating, mindless of passing people - Some of them are uttering incoherent phrases as if they're possessed with dark forces but most of them became like the one I posted here due to the daily ransacking activities on dumped garbage as they are looking for "Pagpag" -leftover foods from nearby. restaurants.

The list are endless. These are those everyday people that we should help, taking the initiative to report them at the government agencies that should take care of them.

Our watchful eyes can witness an accident or a crime scene, but, those grave threats in our lives should not hamper us to help others.

Reach out! They're just waiting to be recognized that they are still existing.

I've heard this song, Everyday People, since I was in elementary grades.

Sly and The Family Stone is the awesome band who introduced me to it. Its easy-to-listen and funky beat and down-to-earth lyrics can be memorized by everyone.

Once again, if you want to get through with their music, let's sing and dance with this ditty that will surely move your heart, as it did to me ages ago.

Everyday People

Sometimes I'm right then I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my songs
A butcher, a banker, a drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people

There is a blue one who can't accept
The green one for living with
A black ones tryin' to be a skinny one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby dooby

Ooh sha sha
We gotta live together

I am no better and neither are you
We're all the same whatever we do
You love me you hate me
You know me and then
Still can't figure out the bag I'm in
I am everyday people

There is a long man
That doesn't like the short man
For being such a rich one
That will not help the poor one
Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on scooby dooby dooby

Ooh sha sha
We got to live together

There is a yellow one that won't
Accept the black one
That won't accept the red one
That won't accept the white one

Different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and
Scooby dooby dooby
Ooh sha sha
I am everyday people

Couple with a music video with lyrics shared by YouTuber bigoldron, you will truly appreciate this song.

Maroon 5 even collaborated with Sly during the making of the, "Different Strokes for Different Folks," by the legendary band on February 2006.

It's a beat bouncy, but you can also recognize the jingle from Toyota commercials or the beat samples of Arrested Development's "People Everyday."