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Floating Kids Manila

PHL , Manila, Floating Kids This group of children between 10-12 years living in a squatter at Manila Bay is collecting plastic every day before or after going to school. So their houses are located directly near the sea they swim in the polluted dirty waters risking their lives. They earn a little bit money with selling the plastic to so called junk shops, which recycle the waste. This is a common income in Tondo, one of the largest slums in the world. Hundred years ago there has been beaches here, but now it is a so called Danger Zone with rising sea levels due to the climate change. The families belong to the Urban Poor, the poorest families in the Philippines. [(c) Hartmut Schwarzbach/argus, Veroeffentlichung nur gegen Honorar und Urhebervermerk, Belegexemplar an H.Schwarzbach/argus, Eidelstedter Weg 65, 20255 Hamburg, Tel.040-493143 oder mail: post@hartmut-schwarzbach.de, Portfolio: www.hartmut-schwarzbach.de , Bank: HASPA, IBAN DE0420050550 1281519437 , BIC: HASPDEHHXXX]

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Floating Kids Manila

PHL , Manila, Floating Kids This group of children between 10-12 years living in a squatter at Manila Bay is collecting plastic every day before or after going to school. So their houses are located directly near the sea they swim in the polluted dirty waters risking their lives. They earn a little bit money with selling the plastic to so called junk shops, which recycle the waste. This is a common income in Tondo, one of the largest slums in the world. Hundred years ago there has been beaches here, but now it is a so called Danger Zone with rising sea levels due to the climate change. The families belong to the Urban Poor, the poorest families in the Philippines. [(c) Hartmut Schwarzbach/argus, Veroeffentlichung nur gegen Honorar und Urhebervermerk, Belegexemplar an H.Schwarzbach/argus, Eidelstedter Weg 65, 20255 Hamburg, Tel.040-493143 oder mail: post@hartmut-schwarzbach.de, Portfolio: www.hartmut-schwarzbach.de , Bank: HASPA, IBAN DE0420050550 1281519437 , BIC: HASPDEHHXXX]

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