Filipinos in Manila's Addition Hills village exchange containers of mosquitoes for cash, as the government attempts to address rising dengue cases in the country. The "Peso for a Mosquito" project gives residents an incentive of one peso (US$0.017) for every five mosquitoes -- dead or alive -- turned over to the village hall.
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00:00I caught two. I caught black 34 and black 37.
00:07It's really hard to catch a mosquito.
00:10It's really hard to catch.
00:13But we only have a few mosquitoes here.
00:15This is one of our alternative projects, an innovation approach,
00:32to encourage our countrymen to be part of the fight for the rights of the market.
00:41We did this as part of our innovation approach,
00:46to raise awareness among our countrymen.
00:50We don't think of it as an alternative to pay.
00:54Because it's more expensive to have a market,
00:56where children can catch mosquitoes.
00:59It's more difficult for children to get sick.
01:03I caught a lot of them.
01:05It's a big help.
01:06A lot of them can't catch mosquitoes.
01:08Because the number of mosquitoes has decreased.
01:10There's still blood.
01:11He's biting himself.
01:12He's biting.
01:13He's biting.
01:14He's biting first.
01:15He's biting. There's blood.