Quezon city

General information: * The Galas-Santol District of Quezon City is located in its southwest border with the City of Manila. West of the avenue lies the residential corner of many of the poorest in the city. Shanties predominate the area, stretching from Araneta Avenue to Galas. * Extremely dense population of 2.679 million (2007). * Have a 'People's Homesite and Housing corporation' which has worked to produce many housing projects (large areas of land being refurbished to introduce better housing) under the vision of President Quezon's social justice program. They are being funded by city government but are also looking for external entities to help funding. For example there has been a A major housing development is at the periphery of Quezon City in Brgy. Kaligayahan, Novaliches. There is a new project going ahead in Oviedo Property in Payatas which is 1.5 hectres. Could not find information on whether these houses need light, further research needed. * Many of the city's poorer residents live in areas which are unsafe. For example they can live in or near waterways, along sidewalks, under transmission lines or over water pipelines. This means the bottle lights will have to be fitted in ways that are stable and not likely to fall.
Bagong silang: * Has a major slum called Bagong Silang: which has many workers, many of which are struggling to make a decent living. It also has high crime and houses are not very stable, usually being made out of scrap materials. It is close to the sea so during times of high waterfall of instable weather this can cause problems. Most residents are Catholic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA47NcuKKaQ This is a video about it.
Charities:
1) Gawad Kalinga http://gk1world.com/ Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement.
2) The Philippine community fund http://www.p-c-f.org/contact/ 3)