Young children find a nail to sift out the coal in Metro Manila, the Philippine capital, sell the salvage market. It masks and gloves socks shoes when alone.
Many of the families live in the area northwest of Manila slum to concentrate on “Tondo” ウリンガン （ Ulingan ）, make a living making charcoal from wood 1 day only 70 pesos (about 130 yen) income. Has approximately 400 pesos (about 700 yen) far below minimum wage 1, around the Philippines. Children collect nails, only 20-30 yen at 1.
パグパグ’s day earning only whether you can buy low-grade rice 1 kg of （ large trash picked up from the pile of containers and waste food leftovers ） to rely on. Pay dirt from the leftovers from the Tagalog word “パグパグ （ pagpag ） = shake” established completely.
To buy the raw wood to charcoal material are families to borrow money at exorbitant interest rates from moneylenders.
However, for the urban poor, wood dust often can get rich from dumps and demolition work. According to the United Nations food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 10-50% of the wood fuel is made from trees in forests throughout Southeast Asia,. The rest said forest outside construction waste, dead tree stumps such resources.
Photograph by Lisa Wiltse
