Dangerous child labor in the Philippines | DW Documentary

The Philippines has vast deposits of gold. But much of it is mined by children. They alone are slender enough to dive deep into self-dug tunnels, through swamps or down to the seabed. The highly dangerous undertaking puts their lives at risk.
All over the country, families are digging for gold in thousands of small-scale mines without supervision or controls: men, women and children, all hoping for a few nuggets that they can sell for a handful of pesos.
In the swamps in the center of the country, 13-year-old Hato spends hours every day diving for gold in deep water-filled holes. He breathes through a thin plastic tube connected to an air compressor on his father's dugout canoe. One small puncture would mean certain death for the boy.
800 kilometers away, on the island of Leyte, 14-year-old Dennis Junior dives 20 meters deep into the warm, clear waters of the Bohol Sea, using the same improvised breathing equipment. Together with his father, he digs for gold on the seabed, filling sacks with sand and bringing them to the surface. We follow Hato and Dennis Junior in the Philippines as they go about their dangerous work.
According to the NGO Human Rights Watch, thousands of children across the country are helping their parents search for gold.
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[@mrjoker2444]

I will never again complain about my job … ever

[@buzz5969]

Neither will I, havent worked since 2013 and no intents to ever work again.😊✌🏻🍻

[@nav4688]

i will still

[@________________.........]

that's philippe child 😅

[@bethdejuan8909]

I am filipino, as a child I did'nt know what child labor was I worked since I can remember. However my parents encouraged me to kept going to school even we can't hardly affords the tuitions fee. Now I'm in a better situation because of education. People comments don't know poverty..I'd been there and I know how it feels but no other options.

[@annicia1430]

I know if the parents had other choices and could afford, they would not allow their kids to work but instead to seek education for a better future

[@princethawani1351]

For real mahn Am from Africa (Malawi) I guess the WEST doesn't know poverty

[@user-bh9vf2zu1r]

@@princethawani1351 Proverty exist in the West also.

[@nitzneymann3977]

Good for you, your parents didn't bear you as their retirement plan.

[@t-dog8528]

🙂🙂🙂

[@michaelknight3270]

I was in Angeles for the first time in April. I've never seen poverty like that of the Philippines. I went out one hot evening and started handing out bottles of water to families (5) till I had nothing for myself. Went back to my hotel room and packed everything I could in a large duffle bag and gave it to a family. I gave one family some change then thought, I could do better than that and gave them 1k pesos. The mother started saying "thank you Jesus". It made me start crying as I walked back to my room. Hit me hard for a few days. I'm already booked to fly back next year and I'm taking all my daughter's old clothes to hand out. I can't save them all but I'm gonna do what I can.

[@chialor1945]

you have a great heart. Thank you!

[@lincslegend6936]

Sometimes i think my life is hard until i watch things like this. 😢

[@serge7530]

I used to work in construction growing up in Mexico and I can say most times there are no other options, I had to work so my family could get food and afford basic stuff. It was not as extreme as this documentary but it was child work anyway. Countries need to invest more in their youth but sadly that's among the last things in their list. In Mexico, most of the social programs get lost in the burocratic apparatus and the pockets of crooked politicians.

[@BertVerschuren]

Alongside my 3 brothers, I helped my parents build our house. And it started when I was 8. And yes this was Belgium in the 70’s. Never as dangerous as in this video, but with dangers nonetheless. However, I never saw this as child labour, not even now. It was the only option of my family at that time; my parents simply didn’t have the money. In my case, I learned a lot in the process, useful for the rest of my life. In the Philippines, the challenge is similar, but on a different scale. Not doing this is simply no food or education. It’s all good to officially forbid this, but then the authorities need to facilitate an alternative. And clearly they don’t - or can’t. So this will remain a reality, and none of our western morality will change this.

[@maximolacerante8808]

settle down, you make it sound like most children in mexico have to work to survive. truth is most children in mexico go to free school and do homework and play in the afternoons.

[@alma09876]

Spanish from Mexico governed the Philippines in during colonization. It was how corruption was inherited to the Philippines.

[@enriquegarcia6784]

No way u was chillin in Mexico u was rich compared to this people

[@Gift20229]

"It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to good education "-, Nelson Mandela

[@geoms6263]

Until you educate them, the Canadians will come and extract the gold. They will only be left with heaps of earth..

[@fernandomiron2029]

Good quote, but were far from it.

[@John-cc9my]

It's the Philippines problem not the United States problem we have our own problems to solve not other countries problems to solve

[@TerryYo-uk1py]

​@John-cc9my you just made a fool of your self 😂😂

[@China-Massacre-1989]

CCP: ???? trust me im good

[@user-uq2ko4jq2v]

the lack of music makes this feel so real and personal

[@kaynefryday6637]

2 grams of pure gold is $220 AUS , they get 6 Euros each ? Someone is ripping them off blind . They should sell there gold to tourists they would get way more .

[@BridePat]

Thats the point, they can't just sell it online for the right price, also selling it in raw form doesn't insure its 24k being worht that much or even close to that purity. But yes they are being underpaid for surem simply bc they dont have another option.

[@lcofficial3084]

well, obviously they don't earn anything, like with every other supply chain in the world

[@sunstardrummer963]

​@@lcofficial3084well they earn something. Nothing Is Nothing.

[@wompwomp602]

6 pieces of rice weighs 2 grams ??? and in order for any society to work functionally you MUST earn more than you make.

[@paulg3012]

The woman making 10 times the regular wage just buying and selling is a real parasite.

[@winnebahospital6816]

A world where those who have do not appreciate and those not having struggling to get are appreciated. crazy world indeed

[@thedaggonator]

You can't blame the middle class lady. This is how it works in every single industry, big and small, all over the world.

[@spacetime3]

Imagine the number of young boys not just in the Philippines but throughout history and every country at some point who have had to do these deadly jobs. I pray for a more equal and fair society where they boys can just grow up to live there dreams. Its so hard they want to help support there families but the risks are so great.

[@sophiawen1080]

It is so sad when I watch the child work under the sea without any professional diving equipment.

[@kompressahdnb]

So sad... A gram of gold today is $74.20 USD. They are paying magnitudes less than what its worth.

[@spencers4121]

Welcome to the world, those at the top exploit the labor of those under them.

[@zack256300]

Yeah 24 karat gold is $74 but the miners Gold need to be refined to remove impurities..

[@djm2189]

​@@zack256300yeah it's the impurities that lowers the weight. I just bought a 1 troy ounce of 24k gold. Makes me sad thinking where all the pieces of gold came from. I bought it from APMEX.

[@diDaN75]

The truth is, life in the province is difficult. They face danger, but their main concern is survival.

[@johncashwell1024]

Most of us in the west don't know what poverty is. Even some of our poorest peoples have a roof over their head and access to so much. Also, these are small family run operations and no less dangerous than the family farms around the world where family's children are just as much risk but are nonetheless allowed to work. The child labour they should be focused on are the companies that make their money by forcing children to work in their sweat shopse.

[@iamedyboy]

yeah. i saw a pbs documentary of living in poverty in us. they live in concrete apartment and they have food stubs. i laughed and said to myself they have no idea of a real poverty is.

[@ganjalfcreamcorn8438]

@@iamedyboy its not a competition bro.

[@ARMY-ep6fz]

My wife is a Filipina from calauag Quezon and most people don't understand the poverty level. They have to work to survive. It's not that they don't love there children. They're poor and trying to survive. Filipinos are very family oriented and wonderful people. God bless the Philippines.

[@wompwomp602]

i wonder what that little boy thinks when being taught by a teacher that is wearing a gold necklace and two gold bracelets. when not even 24 hours prior he risked his life for a piece of gold the same weight as 6 pcs of rice.

[@A1Kirazz]

Not the teachers fault

[@wompwomp602]

@@A1Kirazz can you read ? at what point did i ever say it was the teachers fault ? “i wonder what that little boy thinks” numb nut

[@RustyShackleford66]

@@A1Kirazz You'd think she would conscientiously object to anything gold knowing how her pupils suffer for it. Like people are with the fur trade. You cant stop it, but you don't have to support it.

[@EChan-eu2co]

​@@RustyShackleford66public school teachers usually can't afford real gold jewelry. Anything you buy at a certain price point is either plated at worst and 10karats (unpawnable since there is so little gold) at best.

[@wompwomp602]

@@EChan-eu2co your guess is as good as anyone else’s, but someone that owns gold her jewelry definitely looked real.

[@davidarmitage289]

I cannot believe what I am seeing . So sad

[@angesvlogs6628]

May all that lost their lives rest in paradise 😢 Let children be children.

[@TheStockwell]

No offense intended, but they aren't resting in "paradise." They are dead. Period. They led horrific lives, they're dead - and no fictional deity did anything to prevent any of this. Have a magical day 🦄

[@Ionut-bg6vw]

​@@TheStockwellright

[@mortdog]

​@TheStockwell I think you did intend some offence tbh

[@adammitchell3462]

I admire the Filipino spirit and work ethic. Those youngins don't complain about the situation, they just get on with it

[@TxDuallyNation]

.... keeping it primitive, don't complain and will never progress 👏

[@westerling8436]

Yeah, not want to be crude but their girls of pleasure are always friendly and know what they are doing, honest too

[@adammitchell3462]

A very hard working, family oriented people.

[@shannonnesbitt6528]

This is so heartbreaking 😢😢 i believe in a child having a happy childhood as well as working to do things for yourself 💜

[@Mhapete]

What if the air pump machine stop working when the kids are down there😭😭😭😭

[@RickyVall3y]

Swim back to the top?

[@ujsmad]

So many ignorant people in the comment section, they don't understand poverty. Literally have no choice but to help their parents so they can survive. Also none of the parents are making any profit by "trying to use the kids," they're doing this to survive, i know cause both my parents had it rough growing up in the Philippines too, and because harsh survival conditions like this is common throughout the country.

[@slee2695]

The parents dont work..drunk dads are all over philippines islands

[@maktiki]

The kid literally explained this, he said it is to have something to eat the next day. So without that money they probably eat bugs and stuff.

[@eoanmo6259]

This happened in every country at some point of it's history. In Greek island Kalymnos, 10 years old kids diving at 200 feet/60 meters depth for sponge fishing with the same method of compressing air. Most of them got diver sickness. Meaning death, paralyzed, joints malfuctions and never ending pains. Every country in the world at some point had child labor

[@PremGhartimagar-ie9nw]

Why u are ashamed of your country reality

[@patland1762]

I am moving to the Philippines when my wife retires. Before seeing this part of the plan retiring in the Philippines is to take money from what I save by living there to help kids attend school and hopefully if possible pay for college for a few who couldn't otherwise. My wife grew up in poverty there and being able to go to school as a child was very difficult for her. She said her grandmother gave her fruit from her garden to sell and helped so she could go to school but could not go to college. Education is one path out of this and can help the following generations. When she worked as a foriegn worker she sent money home to educate her siblings. Her siblings who got an education are now successful and their kids are doctors, nurses and lawers etc.

[@buzz5969]

Peeps with Masters degrees in Philippines make peanuts, they need get out and OFW or marrying a foreigner is the only ways. Maybe one day after you lived there you also will learn that.😊✌🏻🍻

[@patland1762]

@@buzz5969 🤣🤣🤣

[@patland1762]

@@buzz5969 I will bet you that my sister in law can buy and sell you multiple times LOL

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

What a horrible, full of tragedy, mesrable circumstances of that poor child 😢... How many children, teenagers, and youths are spending theirs lifetime beneath wealth dreams... around the world 🌎....where there are enormous amounts of precious row materials ,there's severe poverty lying beside and over these precious row materials? Like Phillipines ... thank you for your respectful ( DW) documentary channel for sharing

[@sasnad3]

The underwater shots were amazing.

[@johnmiriti7907]

yes,but read the room bro

[@j-h-123]

What has this world come to?! This is unfathomable 😢 They're kids, c'mon! This is outrageous.

[@dcallan812]

Its been going on forever, and while an adult can make a profit from a child it wont stop. The government need to step in, and end this, but my guess is they get backhanders to look the other way.

[@cobracommander.1958]

Same thing happens in america but not with gold .in america kids sell crack on corners and i border towns they smugle people and drugs across the border😂😂😂😂😂😂 lol. This shit happens every where except china lol.....

[@mauriciogeovani2705]

You need to study history and expand your world view. Children working is nothing new to this world

[@wompwomp602]

if you think this is bad stay away from any Congo and north korean videos, this kid has it ruff but still has a fighting chance. the other two countries i named they do not. regardless all is wrong and governments should be held responsible by the UN.

[@JeannyK77]

Nothing new here, kids have been working in extreme conditions even during slavery, hungry and getting punished even being killed but it doesn’t excuse the fact that this is still happening. It’s sad

[@davidarmitage289]

I wish there was a way to help these kids

[@John-cc9my]

Donate money to a Philippine charity that will help

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

@@John-cc9my LoL. The Philippines is one of the most corrupt places on earth.

[@48512]

Donations gets stolen before it reaches the bottom. Best is to travel and give directly.

[@davidarmitage289]

@@48512 yes I will be in Tacloban and Cavite City in October

[@musesxmuses]

there is but most of the local government is rotten from the top to the bottom

[@TheTrendingPodcast]

The 📸 shot where the adult gold miner told that the Philippines is lucky is an incredible job by camera man

[@mariobertora]

God please look after them. AMEN.

[@ds8457]

Where is God in this situation? I see zero help from him. It’s like he doesn’t exist, and just created to keep poor people quiet in believing their next life will be better than this current one.

[@buzz5969]

Im guessing most the posters never been to ANY THIRD WORLD COUNTRY lol.

[@alanrivas2950]

One of the saddest docs I’ve ever seen.

[@FrommDK]

520PHP is 0,11grams of gold, there is no way that wasn't even a gram of gold, so someone got to be making a lot of money along the chain

[@fspg3207]

Always

[@pv2639]

Do you know what a gram is?

[@LiwaySaGu]

in any business the middlemen usually make more money than the laborers/producers

[@willankhatter]

Growing up, I used to help my parents fetch firewood and in the fields and lots other things. Southern Africa, I'm alive...

[@Limewire1984]

And you can choose to stop helping whenever you wish. These kids can't. One even said his family would starve if he doesn't work.

[@willankhatter]

@@Limewire1984 I didn't choose anything, until I got into University and thereafter started affording stuff..

[@RustyShackleford66]

Bit of a difference between fetching a bit of firewood and diving 20m with a length of hosepipe in your mouth.

[@willankhatter]

@@RustyShackleford66 yeah, because you know my circumstances growing up...

[@RustyShackleford66]

@@willankhatter Awe, you poor thing. How much sympathy would you like? 😄

[@coryg4553]

Please don’t use mercury. Even worse little kids.

[@jhamkhalifa4631]

Thats why filipinos.. has unbreakable spirits.. we mature early in life..

[@alexhope212009]

Observing the meager amount of gold they are panning, I realize I could find more just 20 minutes down the road at the nearby legal fossicking area. It's disheartening to see these people work so hard to harm their own environment for such tiny amounts of gold that could easily be lost with a strong sneeze.

[@leitulaveauele7375]

Blessed these kids who work hard to feed their families 😢

[@ramluma]

Poor foreign kids, risking their lives everyday. While in the USA, kids cry because their food is cold.

[@HprepH]

pack your bags kids were moving to the Philippines

[@ednamode4833]

Heartbreaking. If not for the corrupt government officials, these kids may have had a better future.

[@SalesforceUSA]

This is crazy. Child Abuse.

[@geoms6263]

and you are? Are you working for canadian mining corporation?

[@fernandomiron2029]

Different realities, different places. Not saying this should happen, but this is it. If they don't bring a small nugget of gold, no rice, no meat. I come from a place where 13 yo and their parents were paid in crack for harvesting sugar cane. Let this sink

[@Psygnosis]

The west like yourself call it child abuse. To these people, it's called Survival.

[@mikebuzz]

good hardworking kids.

[@OUCH77]

Stupid? So you are born rich with good a life, try to be in his shoes and say that again.

[@curoseba5363]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="299">4:59</a> …and he says it with a smile on his face 😢💕

[@shawnangelo7750]

Hate to watch? This is reality in my country. Force child labor because of poverty unending cycle corruption. Culture . Natural calamity. luck of education poor belief you name it. We have everything. We all die one day. Stop putting pitty . Just watch the reality

[@Joseluz1969]

Amazing documentary! 👏👏👏

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@karlsy5604]

May i know how i can contact the family? And the kid please in the beginning of the video

[@Xtensionwire]

be careful of scammers contacting you from this comment. Its a huge industry back home. But its nice of you to support them if you can.

[@gidionseleman7318]

This is so tough to watch, tears are streaming down my face.

[@jimh5258]

Good documentary

[@bardnightingale]

This is terrifying. What brave boys. I grew up on a dairy farm in the US. I think it is important for kids to help the family ... not at the cost of education (for those who can do that). I think some US children now grow up without any chores or responsibilities and now are becoming adults who don't want to work. ( To be fair, they are also joining a workforce where employees are treated like crap. I try to always support the independent businesses of younger people.) We were poor and I grew up knowing the importance of a dollar. We are currently governed by people who never had to struggle for food or shelter. Why people persist in thinking the rich who have no clue how to survive should become president is beyond me. With the debt our country has, we need a single mother who works 3 jobs to become president.

[@lara.kh9724]

Big lessons to learn from it thank you

[@josephthompson4615]

Or the parents could dig a slightly wider hole and go in themselves.....

[@drosera8943]

All this struggle for a pinch of gold dust is pitiful. At least the exploited children still have the will to live and hope while the natural scenery looks great.

[@eddiejohnhurst1]

I feel so blessed, humbled, and grateful to be born and raised an American!!!

[@spencers4121]

Same tale all over the world from the richest to the poorest nation, those at the top exploit the labor of those at the bottom.

[@eduardochavacano]

no, this is a tragic as Filipinos eating fried chicken from the trash bins.

[@yajikkipa7163]

"poverty does not breed child labour but it is the child labour that perpetuate poverty" -Kaislash Satyarthi (Indian Nobel Laureate)

[@khenmikosantos2188]

I was young when I started working; I didn't yet understand what child labor meant. But perhaps the concept of knowing that we were poor gave me the idea to help, even just a little, for my family. I guess I was just lucky because my mom pushed me to finish my education. But compared to these children, the work they are doing is very dangerous. I don't know what the Philippine government plans to do about this situation. I hope the government pays attention to this and creates programs to help the children go to school and provide their parents with jobs that have sufficient wages for their families.

[@eno.5796]

Excellent as ever DW,c Not so for youtube,got a jewellery advert half way through,ironic to say the least and says a lot about the ethics or lack of of big tech.

[@slee2695]

Your phone was made with child labor..your clothes too

[@victorpaul7551]

Id love to help Hato to stay in school but i dont know how ...

[@jeffbeck9347]

Perhaps you can contact the channel and ask how to get in touch with the teacher. Then you can ask the teacher how to get in touch with Hato.

[@ds8457]

Go to the Philippines, find him and pay for his education. It all depends on how much you want to help. Just posting about the issue won’t do very much. You need to enable boots on the ground somehow. I’m donating to a guy directly who is helping there, I can see what my money is doing to help. That’s a good way!

[@gdejyhyhfteh]

Very good documentary- ive been ffing ur new release episode

[@tranteteatetea8474]

i just want a say thank you for this video....😔 its break my heart 💔

[@NaserSd19]

This is so sad.

[@jeanec.7941]

Please help them.😢

[@Hello_Exe]

Count your many blessing name them one by one 🙏❤

[@jaySy200]

I really hope for these children to finish their study no matter how long would it takes. Its the only way to get a better life (for poor Filipino like us) I had been to that same difficult situation. But I was encouraged by my family to finish my study. I was also determined. I prepared myself for the worst case scenario that it could take me 6 to 8 years to finish my bachelors degree. Fortunately, I was able to get it in 4 years. But with very low grades. I only focus on one subject which is important on getting me a job. I didn’t have time to review my lessons as I also work after class. I start working at the age of 7. I used to hunt mud crabs at night. On the weekend, worked at the butchery. During college (on weekend and school break) , I worked as manual labor at the construction project of my professor. Together with my classmate, we dug the foundation, mixed and poured concrete, sometimes we swam to the river to collect sand. That was fun😅.

[@jaySy200]

When I graduated in college, I can read english but don’t understand it. It was only after getting my first job that I decided to study english thoroughly by reading the book of Roald Dhal’s The Twits😂. I would read every sentence and don’t proceed to the next unless I fully understood what it meant.

[@gregoryrhee1730]

It is very sad that they have live their lives like this way.

[@maldzmahalko590]

Child who witness poverty will do anything to help they're parents i know the feeling as a kid i carry sacks of produce in the market join a fishing team and also do mining in highschool i almost died 5 times from cave in and toxic fumes from trap gas underground

[@grayfoxart2268]

These kids i can assure you will grow up to be real strong men one day.

[@fspg3207]

Extreme poverty is created by extreme wealth in the hands of the few.

[@user-uj8cf8bb6n]

How come Israel had a good life with King Solomon?

[@user-uj8cf8bb6n]

It's about what you do with the wealth

[@aroukapenn]

*@DWDocumentary* I often have this desire to help families when I see stories like this because even 10 U.S. dollars woyld go a long way it seems but I also wonder how *effective direct aid would be???* *@DWDocumentary*

[@ballistic350]

Re upload on different channels

[@courtneyfarris720]

This is so sad!

[@blakeaaron5698]

I had no idea, this is crazy.

[@loongsout]

Re-uploaded ???

[@george_kimani]

My good Lord 😢 that's peanuts and the risk is too high!

[@saimandebbarma]

Poor humans !

[@bdk88]

"a local politician with his own mine company". ... do you see the issues with this. all corrupt as a dog

[@Siopaoko]

Camarines Norte- the province where the kids are living actually is in the top 10 poorest. Perhaps, the local government is corrupt. Schools are free in public institutions. The National Government even had program financially, called 4P's. I think parents of the children wanted to gamble for many golds.

[@bondjames4053]

Miss you Jadel

[@sreenubabu7384]

NICE VIDEO

[@minktuu]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1123">18:43</a> this scale provides nearest value and must never be used for any trade requiring accuracy 😮

[@001Engineer]

In our Daily lives, May The Love, Favor and Grace of THE MOST HIGH always be with us. Sometimes we have to do whatever we got to do to earn Food. Poverty is the enemy here, as you judge these people, ask yourself what you would do in their situation. Esp the kids, Pray and Help them if it's possible. Thank You!

[@Asd-tk2if]

Not have any children? Am I forced to have children?

[@Doochos]

take your nonsense elsewhere

[@rsac43]

How about you help the poor instead of spouting your nonsense. God would be ashamed of you, you are no follower of his.

[@beatamafulu2405]

Why the adult does not dive and let the child out to wait for the dad to come out with the mud😢.

[@askerman3]

when i visited PH my daiy meal cost 10x more than this value of gold !!! such pathetic way of life

[@DIN_NER]

It's difficult to believe many of these documentaries. According to villagers and tribes around the world, they often put on a facade for foreign TV to make them believe they are still primitive.

[@xpacmaner23]

I hope Philippines will change safety law which mean this child labour dangerous will illegal.

[@RaveenLivera28]

How to contact Hato? Just to give a little help for his schooling.

[@simonmakacha5810]

😢😢😢 the only difference with Africa is the geographical positioning of our problems 😢

[@Rizzgaming01]

The lowest in the supply chain is being ripped in real time, so heartless world we live in

[@Bhunnidb]

This is sad and disgusting breaks my heart for the young kids

[@Oiiii794]

Usually i come through this docs because of some people not wanting to accept there are better people than them.

[@ds8457]

Camera man for the underwater shots has proper diving gear I’m assuming, he must have been bewildered to see the kid work like that. Great documentary but that poverty is up there. I’ve seen worse in Pakistan and parts of Africa but it’s all horrible.

[@user-wv9wy1rd5f]

This no child labor... This is what they earning their living...

[@eldardgyimah3993]

So sad .It is so Risky 😢

[@shubhankartripathi1143]

Life of children could be seen is extremely difficult.the government should enforce strict method to prevent child labour

[@angsterk]

Poverty, limited alternatives, inheritance, tradition, the surrounding community, plus greedy & corrupt officials. Only miracle can change the situation. And there are people complaining & offended by the most trivial stuffs. what a world.

[@cordelyeran7206]

I agree it's really dangerous and risky.. Honestly I'd experienced how's to dig a gold.. But not like this diving underwater.. It's a tunnel gold mining.. In short I'm a survivor and this is my life.. God is with me 🙏😊

[@TacticalGeardo]

This video brings awareness to these hard working people, which is good, but the system that has been established for hundreds of years will almost be impossible to change. Government enforcement of child labor laws is weak, the best they can do is provide government subsidized safety trainings and proper equipment.

[@Asd-tk2if]

Best thing they can do is to stop being corrupt and start making actual good economical decisions.

[@AD-gs5rv]

Why is the ending so abruptly with the ocean part ???

[@angelosupsup3726]

Philippines abundance of gold, nickel and copper, anywhere you can find rush gold even at sea bed. Over all Philippines rank 5th most meniralise country in the world. Indeed very rich of natural resources and gas in the world... Small country but abundance of natural resources, thousand beautiful white islands and home of wonders.. That no one in European has the same. From beautiful avatar landscape, thousand of beautiful white islands and abundance of natural resources indeed very rare.

[@maldzmahalko590]

So what?

[@angelosupsup3726]

@@maldzmahalko590 are you jealous?

[@Wumao_Buster]

​@@maldzmahalko590 but exploited by Western and Chinese 😂

[@silverianjannvs5315]

Thousands Filipinos work abroad as cheap labourers though....

[@angelosupsup3726]

@@Wumao_Buster Philippines resources still untouched bcos of the laws and restrictions to do mining, gas exploration is not easy,