The
experience of Samar Rural Assistance Programs in cooperative
development in the communities
"For us
to live decently, which means we can eat thrice a day, send our
children to school and buy medicines, we would have to earn Php
12,000 to 15,000 a month."
This was
Kapitan Erik's answer when asked how much they need a month to live
decently. Kapitan Erik is the village chief of Barangay Vigan, a
small village along the Pacific coastline in the province of Samar.
Official sources project the actual rural daily cost of living for a
family of six in the Philippines at Php 546.80 a day or Php 16,404.00
a month.
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