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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[@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]

🙂🙂🙂

[@lincslegend6936]

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

[@omniyambot9876]

Yeah we'll stop thinking the poor are just lazy..

[@mazzee]

Rich are lazy ​@@omniyambot9876

[@e.k.1836]

Life in a better wealthier country can still be hard. Just different circumstances. You may not have it rough in a similar way like physical danger but you may go through intense emotional labor.

[@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

[@TheCutiePatrol]

It's all down to corruption and exploitation. Notice how the further down that gold line, people were living more and more comfortable. Those 2 women talking about how its illegal and parents are at fault didn't look anywhere near as poor as those others. If this was being done in the USA, those people wouldnt have to send their kids to work, they'd be paid fairly for their gold.

[@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 😅

[@DrakePasnak]

@@nav4688 clown

[@Jason-gp4hg]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@winnebahospital6816]

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

[@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 😂😂

[@My-Channel-2013]

CCP: ???? trust me im good

[@user-uq2ko4jq2v]

the lack of music makes this feel so real and personal

[@charlesbryson7443]

Meanwhile, in America, grown adults make TikTok videos crying about a 40 hour work week, or being busy at a coffee shop.

[@marine463]

One problem does not make another one irrelevant.

[@phoenixdown1947]

@@marine463 or they can be grateful they are in a better situation.

[@Candyy248]

What does that have to do with this now? Yeah, some other have worse problems than others, that does not mean others problems are not relevant as well...

[@marine463]

@@phoenixdown1947 You can consider yourself to be lucky compared to an horrible situation, and still have issues with your own situation.

[@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.

[@grayfoxart2268]

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

[@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.

[@davidarmitage289]

I cannot believe what I am seeing . So sad

[@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.

[@Ipetam]

​@@iamedyboy If you need government assistance then you're poor.

[@ChrisSmith-rd6dm]

​@@iamedyboyno American knows real poverty even the poorest most people poor in the USA made themselves that way and deserve no help

[@curoseba5363]

4:59 …and he says it with a smile on his face 😢💕

[@sasnad3]

The underwater shots were amazing.

[@johnmiriti7907]

yes,but read the room bro

[@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

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@mortdogWell some see great offence and insult in the utterly ridiculous notion of omnipotent sky daddys opening up their protective arms to oppressed children's dead bodies but failed to protect them in the only life they ever get , here on earth .

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@TheStockwellI also find the notion of children LEADING horrific lives offensive too . They don't lead , they are forced because their "father" couldn't pull out or use contraception.

[@hawaiikian7407]

Beautiful people Beautiful culture. One of the best to have working next to you on any job.

[@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

[@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.

[@daniel3231995]

This stuff look like stories you hear from the California gold rush. Iirc, this kind of manual mining was already done in ancient Rome thru open pits & even then, child & slave labor was prevalent for the same reasons. I'm ashamed to look at this & see the continually sorry state of our country from a place of privilege but we let it get this way.

[@ramluma]

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

[@tabularasa7775]

Glorifying one set of children whilst demonizing another based upon nothing more than your silly little assumption that one set of kids have nothing and one has everything . You should be ashamed of yourself . Kids are kids no matter what and REST ASSURED there are kids in America and Europe with NOTHING , just like these kids . There are also wealthy families and kids in Philippines too .

[@omegadestroyerofworlds9784]

As opposed to adults crying about not being able to send kids into goldmines instead of school?

[@Niwdalg786]

1st world problems.

[@lara.kh9724]

Big lessons to learn from it thank you

[@jimh5258]

Good documentary

[@sophiawen1080]

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

[@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.

[@sneekizzle7127]

@@westerling8436 I hope you mean women and not girls…

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@sneekizzle7127You didn't know these people sell their children into sx trade ?

[@shannonnesbitt6528]

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

[@jaygohil5456]

This guys and children’s are incredible ❤

[@Joseluz1969]

Amazing documentary! 👏👏👏

[@DWDocumentary]

Thanks for watching!

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@pv2639]

Do you know what a gram is?

[@LiwaySaGu]

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

[@er_mann6794]

8 grains of rice is 0.5 grams according to google still you are right

[@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.

[@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.

[@gidionseleman7318]

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

[@garrettbourdas7122]

This is heartbreaking.

[@Dece-mq9sm]

DW documentary is one of my favourite channel❤❤❤❤✌👍👍👍👍 Thank you for sharing different face around the world

[@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

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@patland1762How so ? We have doctors and lawyers in the UK not even earning 40k so you expect me to believe she is wealthier doing the same jobs in the Philippines than people you know absolutely nothing about on youtube ?

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@buzz5969Like this guys mrs done ? Now he wants to save indo kids probably does fkall for poor white kids in his own country .

[@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

[@ramandjassy]

Thank you for spreading awareness. I feel really sad… and can’t help but ask how can we help these kids?

[@mariobertora]

God please look after them. AMEN.

[@HappyinJapan358]

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.

[@seki-pj9le]

Why is your "god" not helping these poor kids?!!?

[@jhamkhalifa4631]

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

[@diDaN75]

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

[@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.

[@NaserSd19]

This is so sad.

[@gdejyhyhfteh]

Very good documentary- ive been ffing ur new release episode

[@Dece-mq9sm]

Good film! Thanks❤❤❤❤

[@DWDocumentary]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@tranteteatetea8474]

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

[@yajikkipa7163]

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

[@alanrivas2950]

One of the saddest docs I’ve ever seen.

[@eddiejohnhurst1]

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

[@rebeccaeverhardt214]

This is beyond dangerous and extremely sad. God please be with these men , women and especially the young ones. Amen 🙏

[@fisophia1734]

Amin yaRabballalamin 🤲🤲🤲

[@Mhapete]

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

[@RickyVall3y]

Swim back to the top?

[@minhafamilianaamerica2305]

@@RickyVall3y It might be too deep so they drown

[@Hello_Exe]

Count your many blessing name them one by one 🙏❤

[@leitulaveauele7375]

Blessed these kids who work hard to feed their families 😢

[@knowledgeiseverything9325]

God bless these children

[@fisophia1734]

Amin yaRabballalamin 🤲🤲🤲

[@knowledgeiseverything9325]

@@fisophia1734 👍 god bless you too

[@fisophia1734]

@@knowledgeiseverything9325 insyaAllah Amin 🤲🤲🤲

[@jeanec.7941]

Please help them.😢

[@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? 😄

[@simonmakacha5810]

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

[@silversilverov4024]

I'm a psychologist who works in the social sector, I will never complain again!! (I can say it because of a family with a migration background, what my mother always says, school is very important!!!!!). RESPECT!!!

[@HprepH]

pack your bags kids were moving to the Philippines

[@buzz5969]

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

[@coryg4553]

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

[@jon9625]

Heart breaking

[@vsssa1845]

that gold buying lady was so shady, can't even lie properly for a crook

[@diegoalcantaras5580]

she was a politician so she knows how to lie and say the right things to be legally not liable very telling of the corrupt nature of filipino politics

[@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.

[@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

[@bootscamaro4221]

I’m a Filipino and living in the US now my workmates Americans black, white, Mexicans, Puertericans people are mostly lazy they often complain and complain they even complain that I work hard all the time. Always telling them how I wish they can see where I came from.

[@josephthompson4615]

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

[@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.

[@naisrose4961]

Grains not grams

[@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.

[@cuprunnethover2]

Lord have Mercy on the children

[@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.

[@emkeicastillo8430]

When I was 10 years old my father was sick , can no longer work to provide for our food , there are days we have nothing to eat , we are living near the smokey mountain , truck of garbage are dump there and at 10 years old I learn to scavange to earn money , that is child labor , we survive the hardship by doing child labor , please do not critisize child labor because in most cases a child need to do that so his family will have food to eat , I continue my study while scaveging trash , all 8 of us sibling was able to finish college , I become a license engineer , thanks to that hard experience as a child laborer

[@eddieestrada636]

God bless u

[@courtneyfarris720]

This is so sad!

[@RaveenLivera28]

How to get in touch with Hato or his family? Kindly share his phone number, messenger account or any other forms of contacting him. Thank you for the help.

[@erinwill6743]

These kids are braver than most grown men

[@bdk88]

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

[@sreenubabu7384]

NICE VIDEO

[@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*

[@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.

[@tabularasa7775]

I understand poverty better than you . If you are poor you don't create more mouths to feed . If you don't understand that then you arn't showing a good reflection of those people . Your plight is nobody elses fault but the parents before them , don't blame other people and other countries for that .

[@ujsmad]

@@tabularasa7775 First, though I agree that a child's plight is the parents' fault, your statement "if you are poor you don't create more mouths to feed," tells me you don't understand poverty better than me at all. Secondly, no one is blaming the kids and other countries for the unfortunate situation. Finally, you can't judge a parent entirely for deciding to have a kid while poor, because there are many factors that influence their decision.

[@ednamode4833]

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

[@tabularasa7775]

So their parents arn't to blame for creating them in the first place ?

[@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.

[@tabularasa7775]

​@@XtensionwireShe isn't going to do anything , it's a mystery driven virtue signal

[@maweelagarto]

God pls bless my country

[@bondjames4053]

Miss you Jadel

[@Ragerian]

that woman's laugh at having many employees, ignoring the rampant child exploitation she's profiting from is pure evil.

[@TheTrendingPodcast]

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

[@titoubsea35]

Thanks 🙏

[@daringhungyo.6501]

He may be a young boy , but he is much more matured than the adults, God be with him🙏

[@saimandebbarma]

Poor humans !

[@gregoryrhee1730]

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

[@blazingkerosene3617]

Extremely sad 😢😢😢

[@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.

[@neraksenoj2308]

So sad for the people doing this.

[@EngNdereba]

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.

[@soumitravelvlogs2782]

I watched Blood Diamond, and now watching this. Now I understand, "Every precious Shaini Metal has a Darker side"

[@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

[@earlpKa]

520Pesos = $8.83 cents. I grew up in the Philippines and retired US military veteran people literally complain about minimum wage and picking up cigarette butts for working parties. A person who works at McDonald’s makes Twenty plus an hour and my order still gets messed up. While these kids work in the morning and until the end of the day.

[@askerman3]

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

[@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.

[@HappyinJapan358]

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!

[@feb33musicandvlogs52]

So sad😢

[@ballistic350]

Re upload on different channels

[@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.