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March 1996 We offer you a shocking report on child labour in the Philippines. Mari-Lou is having the best day of her life. She and two friends are screaming at the top of their voices as they descend down a water chute. A government social worker has treated the girls to a day at an amusement park to help them recover from the trauma of being locked up, beaten, unpaid and sexually abused. Recruited from their peasant village to became maids in Manila, they have been totally exploited by their employment agency. Impoverished families are forced to let their children suffer slave labour. At a gold mine, Joel makes $8 a day scrabbling in the mud for any gold ore which spills beneath the wheels of endless trucks. In Manila, 13 year old Brian Marsada is locked into a dim warehouse where he bottles bleach. When it is raided by government forces, Brian escapes. A journey home to the lush but poverty stricken island of Mindanao in the Philippines reunites him with his family. His bright western clothes contrast with his father's torn and dirty shirt. Now embarrassed by the shabby hamlet, he misses the cheap, coloured lights of Manila.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: September 11, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 16:26
Rating: 4.79
Views: 7618

Tags: Child  farmers  labour  manila  miners  Philippines  

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judycharisse (September 3, 2008 at 11:57 am)
hmmm... sabi nga ni KUYA BOB ONG sa aklat niyang "BAKIT BALIKTAD MAGBASA NG LIBRO ANG MGA PILIPINO", e, kinakailangan muna nating huwag laiitin ang sariling bansa.. doon magsisimula ang pagbabago sa bansa natin..
fireinyourheartisout (September 1, 2008 at 6:29 am)
i wish i could somehow help the country i came from AKA philippines
skylover16 (August 23, 2008 at 5:43 pm)
this is eye-opening. i am from the philippines, i may not have fully-appreciated the issue of child labor yet but this video made me know a bit more about it. hopefully i'll be able to contribute something to solve it as I embark in a mission to understand the issue further. i'm sure i'm not alone in this mission. thanks again.
leighnolasco (July 1, 2008 at 5:47 am)
ay kawawa i used to live their 4 2 yrs. its my birth place and it is so sad! i wish phillipines was like usa
jhnkgamebirds (June 23, 2008 at 10:59 pm)
sad to admit..these really happens in my homeland...economic downfall.insurgency..political instability..graft and corruption..red tape..these are only few of the factors that can contribute if not aggravate the perrenial problem of poverty in the philippines...thanks journeyman for posting this..
cuaem (May 23, 2008 at 3:14 pm)
kawawa naman...
gmmahoney (May 20, 2008 at 1:29 am)
....but the 'solutions' of poverties was already 'naturally given' to your lady president all they have to do is implement the solutions coz implementing those simple ways will eradicate poverties faster than anyone can imagine it is called pragmatic smart 'cooperatives'but the key to perfected that is the right IMPLEMENTATIONS only NOT huge money nothing like that....all i can do right now is cry coz i am not a magician i cannot make them dissapppear when NOT personally present.
dbs2919 (May 7, 2008 at 6:59 pm)
Police? I dont trust any of them, they applied for the job to make money not to serve, what a pity. I am a Filipino. I went on vacation to Philipines, POLICE ? sucks. what a shame. My grand father was aPolice in manila I used to be proud of him, now it makes me puke , what a shame.
zellfyre (May 1, 2008 at 8:13 am)
ya 500million children are enslaved world wide. i wonder if were so obsessed with the past like the holocaust cuz we couldnt make a difference why dont we focus on things thats happening right now to stop it before it's too late?
oweheh (April 13, 2008 at 3:48 pm)
thank you so much guys for helping our fellows.i'm now in US but i tell you, never even in a single millisecond i forget of coming back to help my roots. i always remember the time when i was still there and all my neighborhood had help my family for something and we do the same to them too..we're like family, very close to each other, we know everybody and we really are very, very happy to see people from other country like you guys coming and reaching us. Thank you so much! godbless you all!

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