{"id":243,"date":"2015-09-17T22:55:39","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T22:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missionhopecebu.org\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2015-09-17T23:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T23:32:00","slug":"cebu-philippines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/missionhopecebu.org\/?page_id=243","title":{"rendered":"Cebu, Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cebu, Philippines<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Cebu, Philippines<\/strong> was claimed to be\u00a0the birthplace of Christianity in the Spanish East Indies by Pope John Paul II\u00a0in his Homily for Families in Cebu, February 19, 1981.\u00a0The image of the “Holy Child of Cebu”, the oldest Christian image in the Philippines, is enshrined and venerated at the Basilica of Santa Ni\u00f1a. The statue was given to the wife of the Rajah of Cebu by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. The friendship is depicted in Cebu’s largest cultural event, the Sinulog<\/em><\/strong>, is celebrated with\u00a0street parades and loud drum beats preceded by Christian prayer\u00a0every third Sunday of January.<\/p>\n

Cebu Island is long and narrow, stretching 122 miles (196 kilometers) from north to south and 20 miles\u00a0(32 kilometers) across at its widest point.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0It has narrow coastlines, limestone plateaus and coastal plains. It also has rolling hills and rugged mountain ranges traversing the northern and southern lengths of the island.\u00a0Flat tracts of land can be found in the cities of Bogo , San Remigio, Medellin and Daabantayn.<\/p>\n

Cebu is the 9th largest island in the Philippines. It supports over 3.5 million people, of which 2.3 million live in the metropolitan Cebu area.\u00a0Thirty-seven\u00a0percent of the\u00a0population of Cebu, Philippines is below 10 years old. The Philippines is also the third largest English speaking country in the world.<\/p>\n

According to the World Food Program, despite being a low middle-income country, the Philippines has a food deficit, which is exacerbated by the combined effects of natural and man-made disasters that include earthquakes, typhoons and armed conflict.\u00a0The country is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries, ranking second out of 171 countries on the 2014 World Risk Index and second out of 181 countries on the 2014 Global Climate Risk Index. The area\u00a0experiences around 20 typhoons a year – one quarter\u00a0of which cause major damages including severed flooding and landslides. In addition, the country is also vulnerable to the occurrences of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and climate-related issues, such as drought.\u00a0These factors all contribute to extreme poverty and poor living conditions.<\/p>\n

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