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Meet Manuel

October 15, 2008

Meet Manuel. He’s six years of age, although if you look at his tiny, lanky frame, you’d swear he was four. He, his four siblings, and his mother live in a cardboard house on a sidewalk in Metro Manila. None of his siblings (who are eight, nine, and twelve years old) go to school; instead, everyday they ply the streets, barefoot and with grimy faces, looking for plastic to sell to Manong Pete’s junk shop, asking for alms from passersby as they search.

Manuel is not a real person. He is the embodiment of countless of homeless children stuck in [...] [Read More]

Written by Dean · Filed Under Notable Posts 

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