Tag Archive | "philippines"

Poverty Forces These Children to Sleep in the Strangest Places

Friday, September 18, 2009

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Poverty Forces These Children to Sleep in the Strangest Places

What to some may seem like a disgusting place that one hastens to pass is a suitable sleeping place for others. Drainage pipes, train stations, garbage bins, house entrances and really any little ledge not claimed by anyone else are turned into makeshift beds by millions of homeless children every night.

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Precariously Loaded Trucks

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Precariously Loaded Trucks

If you have ever travelled in areas of the world where, how should we say, truck limits and loads are not taken that seriously, you might be familiar with the strange, gravity-defying sights that are to follow. We hope you've strapped yourself in properly as you're in for a bumpy ride. Here’s our Top 10 of precariously loaded trucks.

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The Charcoal Children of Manila

Thursday, January 22, 2009

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The Charcoal Children of Manila

Small figures writhe and wriggle through a seething mass of stinking garbage, searching for something so precious that they scour the towering mounds daily. Children from the nearby slums, some barely kindergarten age, wade and sift through piles of other people’s disregarded belongings, ignoring scraps of food and other perishables in the hope of finding the one thing that is key to their survival – wood.

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