11 Year Old Girl Commits Suicide Due To Poverty
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DSWD to probe girl's poverty-triggered suicide
11/08/2007 | 08:17 AM
\The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has ordered an investigation into the extent of poverty in Davao City that reportedly drove an 11-year-old girl to commit suicide last weekend.
Radio dzBB reported Thursday that DSWD Secretary Esperanza Cabral ordered the DSWD regional office in Region 11 to check the poverty that drove Marianeth Amper to kill herself.
Cabral also ordered the DSWD regional office to extend help to Marianeth's family, despite Health Secretary Francisco Duque III's insistence Wednesday that Marianeth's was an "isolated" case.
Marianeth, daughter of a local carpenter, left behind a letter and diary where she asked God to help her parents make ends meet.
She also said she could not go to school because she always lacked money for transportation and food.
Her death saddened the city, whose residents pitched in to provide financial assistance to her family.
Before she died, the girl wrote "Wish Ko Lang," a reality-based program, "wishing" for shoes, clothes, a bag and a bicycle so she could continue going to school. - GMANews.TV
also in straits time today
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where did this happen? singapore?
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Happened in the Philippines.
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Happened in southern part of Davao.
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OMG, this girl had matured beyond her 11 years !
No matter. The Kingdom of God belongs to children. She's in a better world now. -
i feel for her.
but i'm not advocatin what she did. -
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Kaoz u spam crying emoticon till post is too long.Originally posted by wishboy: 
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sad....
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wah, she is reli sensible for her age.
how many of us here ever feel for our parents during our teens??
all we wanted was for ourselves, never reli think of them.
may she lives with god eternally. -
Originally posted by Cool-gal:
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wah, she is reli sensible for her age.
[b]how many of us here ever feel for our parents during our teens??
all we wanted was for ourselves, never reli think of them.
may she lives with god eternally.[/b] -
if me, i'll be happy to stay at home...
but I don't see why she should commit suicide... -
She is really mature despite her tender age.Originally posted by Cool-gal:may she lives with god eternally.
However, I think in Roman Catholic, one cannot go to heaven for the sin of committing suicide.
Committed suicide is a sin. -
i read the news also...
it's v sad lor..
11 yr old alrd lost hope.. -
over maturedOriginally posted by browniebaobao:i read the news also...
it's v sad lor..
11 yr old alrd lost hope.. -
This is sad...
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ya, but stil i wish for her la..Originally posted by Spartans:She is really mature despite her tender age.
However, I think in Roman Catholic, one cannot go to heaven for the sin of committing suicide.
Committed suicide is a sin.
sad sia..
i think her parents oso sad..
read the article until wan to cry.. -
SOS website statistics show males commit suicide much more than females.....