Church activists from the Philippines have criticised the Aquino government for not being able to improve the situation regarding human rights violations.

World Council of Churches' mission delegates have spent half a day with a community living at a garbage dumpsite on the outskirts of Manila, Philippines.

Some 7,000 clients are being served by Ecumenical Church Loan Fund Philippines, whose seed fund was from Eclof International, a micro-finance NGO.

In the midst of a governance crisis that threatens to divide the Philippines, churches are marking the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity by working for change.