This is my ongoing personal documentary project. He is a 14 year old out of school youth boy who wears soiled clothes, endures the filthy odor of charcoal fumes, carries a sack to pick up rejected loose charcoal and tries to sell it for Php40.00 to help his parents buy food on their table - his name is Jaime. Jaime
With a toy car in his hand, this boy finds this unpaved muddy road his playground Playground
These out of school children have adopted the life as scavengers to earn them a little money to have something to eat "Ulingan Kids"
Faces of Hope
Uncertainty
A scene in one of the charcoal factory holes where scraps of wood are being burned for hours to turn into charcoal. Burning Hole
This worker starts to pack the sacks of burnt wood that are now charcoal. Charcoal Packer
This woman sorts rejected charcoals Charcoal Picker
Since this charcoal making has been passed through generations - this kid has his share of duty by picking whatever is left of the charcoal making process to sell A Kid's Life
This kid picks up nails and whatever is left of the woods. They sell it by the kilo in a junk shop. Nails
Circle of Friends
No man is an island....
This mother and daughter awaits the arrival of the head of the family outside their shanty Mother and Daughter