Child Photography

THE FACE OF MANILA'S POVERTY

She is the victim of poverty and

 ignorance

It is a miserable life that these street children lead, and it is certainly not the kind of life that they would have chosen for themselves. 

Ask any street child, and he would tell you of their simple dreams: to be able to eat properly three times a day, to be in school and study just like well-off kids do, to be able to play with nice toys, to be able to bathe and dress in decent clothes. These dreams of theirs are just simple things that most people take for granted.

In a third-world country like the Philippines, there’s one big problem that the government is having the difficulty to handle: STREET CHILDREN.

So there was Me - secretly wishing I could do something big for them. Every single moment that I bump into these street children, I can always imagine myself being in their shoes (if they even have shoes). And the only thing I can do is to drop a coin, or give them my sandwich, or just pray for them.