Aired (December 23, 2024): Sa halip na nasa pag-aaral ang kanilang atensyon, ang mga batang ito na edad 10-anyos at 8-anyos, batak na sa pangongolekta ng basura at pako para may pangtustos sa kanilang pamilya. Panoorin ang video.
Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
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Hosted by veteran and premier documentarist Kara David, ‘Kara Docs’ gives faces to significant statistics on social issues. It amplifies the subjects’ voices as Kara David immerses herself in their lives.
Watch 'Kara Docs' every Monday, 5:00PM on GMA Public Affairs YouTube Channel. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KaraDocs
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00:00Now, in 2024, we have given a face to different issues in the country and shared the history.
00:17Issues that we have been facing for a long time, but it seems that it has not changed and many of us still have problems.
00:28Just like the issue of child labor.
00:31They are still babies, but their bodies are already broken.
00:40The children we call Robert and Andoy are only 10 and 8 years old, but they are already broken at work.
00:48They throw and pick up trash from the streets of Manila Bay.
01:00Where are you from?
01:02I'm from the Philippines.
01:04Wait, it's slippery here.
01:25Am I going to fall?
01:27Is there really no one with me here?
01:30I'm just going home.
01:33I'm going to use a styrofoam boat.
01:40Don't throw it.
01:42The materials are also caught in the sea.
01:53Hit it! Hit it!
01:56So what they get here is the plastic that they call Siba.
02:01That is the plastic that is a bit harder compared to this type of plastic.
02:07They can't afford this.
02:09They need this type of plastic.
02:12What they told me is that 1 kilo of this type of plastic costs 8 pesos per kilo.
02:22And because this is light, sometimes they need to get a whole sack of this type of plastic to earn 8 pesos.
02:37Based on the World Bank's 2021 data,
02:40every year, 2.7 million tons of plastic waste comes from the Philippines.
02:4820% of this is spread to the seas.
02:53According to a study by the Ocean Conservancy,
02:56the Philippines is the third largest contributor to plastic pollution in the world.
03:02One of the reasons is the sachet economy,
03:05or the use of single-use containers that are difficult or impossible to recycle.
03:13Plastic waste management is also a problem in our country
03:17because instead of going to treatment and recycling facilities,
03:21it ends up in the sea.
03:26Of course, we need simple everyday practices
03:29like proper segregation and opting for reusables.
03:35But we have to understand that individual actions can only do so much.
03:43Plastic pollution is a systemic problem.
03:46In the Philippines, we have what we call the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
03:52Under this law, local governments are required to look at their ordinances against waste.
04:11What do you usually eat here?
04:13Rice.
04:14And what do you eat for lunch?
04:17Soy sauce.
04:18Huh?
04:19Soy sauce.
04:20Soy sauce?
04:28I also met a boy named Uno.
04:30He doesn't have a real name.
04:36I caught up with him when he was doing his laundry in the middle of a hot day.
04:43This is my brother.
04:44Come here, Jun.
04:53What do you do with the pako?
04:55I get it and then I buy it.
04:58Where do you get the pako?
05:00At the end.
05:01What's at the end?
05:03Fish. There's a lot of pako there.
05:05Pako.
05:11What do you buy there?
05:15Rice.
05:16Why do you buy rice?
05:18I'm hungry.
05:19Don't they have rice?
05:22I'm hungry every day.
05:25If Uno was studying now, he would be in Grade 4.
05:30Do you want to study?
05:31Yes.
05:32Why do you want to study?
05:33I want to study too.
05:43Twenty, thirty.
05:45I'll just make it thirty-three because I don't have fifty cents.
05:50Uno earned sixty pesos.
05:53That's enough to buy rice.
05:58But Uno's work is not done yet.
06:01Because one of the residents' main livelihood here is peeling garlic.
06:07How much garlic do you peel?
06:09One sack.
06:11Can you do that?
06:13One whole sack?
06:15Pure garlic?
06:16Do you peel all of it?
06:17I'm with you.
06:20How much is that?
06:21One hundred.
06:22One sack is one hundred.
06:23According to the data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA,
06:27in 2022,
06:295 to 17-year-olds who are working were estimated at one million.
06:36The common reason for their work is that
06:40they are forced to pee instead of studying.
06:45According to the director of the Project Against Child Exploitation, Project ACE,
06:49of the World Vision,
06:51one of the reasons why child labor is weak in a country is poverty.
06:57You know, the issue is also related to poverty.
07:02There are a lot of things that have been done.
07:04A lot of things have been done, but it's still a long way to go.
07:08Because as long as we don't get rid of the issues of poverty,
07:13the issue of corruption,
07:15the issue of family values, there are still a lot of things to do.
07:19According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development or DSWD,
07:24the Department of Education of DepEd has programs
07:28for out-of-school youth to study.
07:31Studying is not expensive anymore,
07:34especially in elementary, high school, or even college.
07:39Because the government already has programs
07:41where they can study for free.
07:44We already have universities.
07:46For example, in college, we have university schools.
07:48They can access.
07:50The story...
07:52The story...
07:54of a child...
07:56of a child...
07:58You should study again.
08:00I want to.
08:02You want to?
08:04What do you want to be when you grow up?
08:06A soldier.
08:11I want to be...
08:13a soldier.