A TV documentary aired on ABS-CBN's Probe Team shows appalling state of hunger in the country, with people stuffing anything in their stomach. Featuring Minar Pimple, Deputy Director Asia, UN Millennium Campaign, it sends out the message that economic growth does not necessarily translate into less hungry people.

People will do anything to survive. Three Filipino families - Elmiro, a shoemaker, wife Jane and their five kids; Galileo Dumitita, a construction worker with nine children and Inigo Bueno, a market vendor, have run to nature for "laman-tiyan," literally, anything to stuff in the stomach.
Elmiro and Galileo rely on the janitor fish found in the river for food. The janitor fish thrives on filthy water. The filthier the river, the faster they grow and multiply in number. Inigo, on the other hand, has learned to find any edible river creature - Chinese turtle, frog, anything "one can stomach"- in order to survive hunger.
In the midst of government pronouncements of an economic growth one finds people like Elmiro, Galileo and Inigo, who have stopped believing in any promise of a better life.
In this TV documentary titled: Gutom (Hunger) aired on Philippines' ABS-CBN, Minar Pimple, Deputy Director Asia, UN Millennium Campaign says that "economic growth does not necessarily translate into less hungry people." MDG 1 aims to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Is this still possible in the Philippines? Watch this TV documentary.

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