The Indomitable Spirit of the Filipino People

We've seen it in the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda.  I see it every summer in the boys at Bahay Pag-asa Youth Center.  And in this very interesting BBC documentary we see it again in stories of ordinary people with big dreams for themselves and for their families.  There's much to ponder here, from issues of family size to issues of more recent attention such as free enterprise and consumerism.  It's complicated, and yet we are called to ask this one most important question.  How can we ensure that global economic growth will bring us to the day when no family need live in poverty?  Education is key - and that is what Bahay Pag-asa is all about - but education must be met by opportunity.  Whatever economic growth is realized, anywhere in the world, it must not leave the most vulnerable citizens of this planet behind.