The Roberts family has ministered in the Philippines for the past 10 years and now works with Asia's Little Ones, the Assemblies of God's ministry to the children of Asia. It's a small fishing village on the island of Negros. These barangays may have 500-1,000 people living in an area equivalent in size to two football fields. Each village has one or two water pumps where everyone comes to draw water. Neither sewer systems nor public or private toilets exist in most of these villages.
Children often roam unattended.
Sanitation and hand washing are not practiced. Germs and bacteria are words without meaning. Sickness is a familiar enemy. The dela Cruz family is one family now being assisted. In January, Tita heard about an Assemblies of God sponsored feeding program.