 According to the executive  

director of Gentle Hands, Adoption is slow right

now in the Philippines, and there is a small amount of interest in adoption
locally and the ones who do get adopted are generally aged 0 to 2 years
old.
 He also stated that We don’t have enough adoptive families anymore, the
process is too slow, so our children are aging out while their papers are
being prepared by the DSWD,

 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund

 UNICEF estimates there are 1.8 million abandoned and neglected children in the
Philippines.
 ACCORDING TO PHILIPPINE ORPHANAGE FOUNDATION
 There are Roughly 2,000,000 Orphaned and Abandoned Children in the Philippines
 In the Philippines 6.1% of the population live on less than $1.90 per day, 26% live on less
than $3.20 per day and 55.1% live on less than $5.50 per day (World Bank Data). 
Widespread corruption in both Filipino politics and business prevents any opportunities
for social mobility and growth.  Power is concentrated among influential families and
connected individuals, offering the poor truly little chance of bettering themselves.
 The Rural Poverty Portal reports that half of the poor in the Philippines live in rural
areas. The poorest of the poor are the indigenous, landless laborers, fishermen, small
farmers, mountain folk and women. Deforestation, depleted fisheries, and unproductive
farmland are major problems for these people.

 According to hope organization philippines

 Street children comprise about 1-3% of the children and youth population of the major
cities in the Philippines. Metro Manila and the National Capital Region (NCR) have an
estimated 50,000 – 70,000 children on the streets, while nationwide, some 250,000
street children are believed to be plying the streets of major urban centers. From
available studies, most are boys aged 7 to 16 years. About 75% of them still return home
to families, after working or begging on the streets.

 Childhope Philippines works toward the protection and fulfillment of children’s rights.
Through integrated direct service programs in education, health, and social services, we
aim for the holistic growth of Filipino street children in Metro Manila.
 BIO MIMICRY
Imagine building surfaces and systems that could accomplish multiple functions with
one simple, multi-functional design!

PLASTIPHALT
It is a foothpaths with reincored concrete made from recycled plastic.
And it is currently unsed in queensland in Australia.
It contains thousand of plastic bags, glass bottles and other plastic waste.

 James Cook University scientists helped Fibercon to build footpaths with

reinforced concrete made from recycled plastic – not the usual steel mesh.
The results? Cheaper, faster, safer (sustainable) concrete.
PLASTIPHALT - The durable 300-metre stretch of road on Rayfield Avenue
uses an affordable and flexible “plastiphalt” mix that resists deformation
and fatigue. It contains THOUSANDS of plastic bags, glass bottles and
toner from printing cartridges

RePlast
 Building Blocks Made from Waste Plastic
 It is another example sir on how post-use plastics can be reused as a new
building block alternative

 Inspired by the work of Peter Lewis, a New Zealand-based engineer whose

research laid the foundation for the use of waste plastic to create building
materials, Gomory created RePlast, a material comprising plastic sourced
from the oceans and machine-compressed into the dimensions of a typical
concrete masonry unit.

 RePlast blocks also boast thermal and acoustic performance that

traditional masonry can't provide.
Here in the Philippines sir we have GREEN ANTZ BUILDERS sir, that makes and sell
recycled plastic waste,
since 2014 they developed a modular composite bricks made with single use
plastic waste - broken down into micro plastic form - and cement.
Green Antz currently has over 30 operating Eco Hubs for Plastic recycling all over
the Philippines
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get-adopted

 https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/?
tablelist=true&rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377
 https://openstat.psa.gov.ph/PXWeb/pxweb/en/DB/DB__3E__CH__SP/0033E3D33A0.px/?
rxid=5bf7d5c2-1a5c-4991-a66d-5a3e07689377
 https://psa.gov.ph/statistics/children
 https://www.filipino-orphans.org/why-so-many-orphans-part-4/
 http://www.hope.org.ph/street-children-at-risk.html
 https://www.tpmbuilders.com.au/recycled-plastic-roads-bricks-waste-eco-building-design/
 https://www.architectmagazine.com/technology/this-week-in-tech-a-building-block-made-of-
plastic-waste_o
 https://www.greenbuildingsolutions.org/blog/plastic-building-blocks-sustainable-future/