Artemeo Cataga (C), accompanied by his wife Tinay (2nd L), eats their meal with five of their seven children cramped inside their small shanty in Baseco, Tondo, Metro Manila July 11, 2011.
Fighting poverty has been an uphill battle in Philippines partly due to the rapidly increasing population. The United nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said that with a population of 94 million, the Philippines is the 12th most populous country in the world and with an average of 2 million babies born every year, the number could hit the 100 million mark by 2015. (Reuters)
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