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  • The owners of Jesus Fire Crackers factory. The owner himself blew up the year before and injured his legs, both sevrely burned.  The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Jesus Fire Crackers factory.  The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminium and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Firework is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers is on smoke break, a few meters from the shelter where the explosives are kept and the assembly line is.  He does not use any protection and his hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers is on smoke break, a few meters from the shelter where the explosives are kept and the assembly line is.  The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • The owner of Jesus Fire Crackers factory. The owner himself blew up the year before and injured his legs, both sevrely burned.  The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers on smoke break, a few meters from the shelter where the explosives are kept and the assembly line is.  He does not use any protection and his hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Jesus Fire Crackers factory.  The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminium and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Firework is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Workers at Jesus Fire Crackers assemble  fire works called 5 Stars. The boy in the middle is 15 and underage. They do not use any protection and their hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Workers at Jesus Fire Crackers assemble  fire works called The Whistler. They do not use any protection and their hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white  and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Workers at Jesus Fire Crackers assemble  fire works called 5 Stars. They do not use any protection and their hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white  and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers assembles  fire works called 5 Stars. He does not use any protection and his hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminum and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Workers at Jesus Fire Crackers assemble  fire works called 5 Stars. They do not use any protection and their hands are covered with gun powder.The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminium and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers is assembling  fire works called The Whistler. He does not use any protection and his hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminium and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • A worker at Jesus Fire Crackers is assembling  fire works called The Whistler. He does not use any protection and his hands are covered with gun powder. The highly explosive powder consists of Potassium, white aluminium and black sulfur. The fire works factory is hidden away in the woods near Hinigaran. Fire work is used a lot in the Philippines for celebrations and the festive season in Nov- Dec is a busy time for the fire works industry.
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  • Its a tough pull and the crew has got a lot of rope to haul before the first fish show. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Teenagers, both girls and boys line up at the beginning of the day in front of Sister Mary Vic and her fellow sister.  Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Laura Vicuna, a charity working in Manila and in Bocalod in Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jenibell in school, in history class. The teacher is Jonalyn M. Corral.  Jenibell had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Women learn pedicure in a makeshift workshop set up by Laura Vicuña staff. There is very little work in the slums and many women do not have any vocational training so being able to set up a small shop in the streets providing pedicure is a great help to many women.  Because of poverty and lack of income children and young women are easy prey to human traffickers and the foundation aim to teach the dangers of trafficking by showing films in a mobile cinema.Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • It is laundry day in the center. All the girls are responsible for washing their own clothes and the wash house is busy. Manila, Philippines. Laura Vicuña Foundation, Inc. provides a safe haven, a secure home for girls where they live together with the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco order. They get the love and care they never have received and psychosocial counseling when needed from qualified psychotherapists. <br />
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The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls, who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and abused. The girls are aged between 6 and 16 and all of them go to school in the local school.
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  • Rene and hlpers on land carry the load to the market. It is late mroning and the men are finished for the day. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph and Rene brings the catch onto land. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph and Rene brings the catch onto land. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • The sort out the catch on the way back to port. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • The crew fish using trawl which is cast from the stern. The net is the shape of an open sack with weights on each side and when the net is out the boat cruises along for an hour to catch the fish.  <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Breaking the waves on the way out to sea. Joseph is out front hanging on with both hands. <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph is out front checking for debris in the sea. The surf is small but still treacherous and captain Joan need all the look-out he can get. <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
    Fishing in the Philippines. IMG_8816.jpg
  • Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joan heads back to land with his ship loaded with fish to make it in time for the fish market in Hinigaran. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Moments of time-off inbetween catches.Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Breakfast. Shell fish ready to be cooked. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Abelino fixes the nest in his down-time while Joseph looks on. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • RJ cooks rice for their breakfast. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • After the net has been cast it is coffee time and that job is Joseph's. <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • It is 5 am and Joseph inspects the surf of the sea. The previous night was stormy and the tide is still coming in so even though the sea looks calm and the wind has died down breaking through the surf will be tough. <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • To heat the water for coffee and to cook rice for breakfast the crew use a portable coal burning stove. <br />
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Joseph is 17 and works like his father  on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Jenibell on her way to school. She had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Students at the ALS after having finished school. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program - provides working children with an alternative to finish either elementary or secondary education without undertaking activities in the formal school system.  ALS students are provided with self-learning modules, which they go through at their own pace.  Their progress is monitored by program staff when they visit the CDRTC once a week..Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines. in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jenibell in school, in history class. The teacher is Jonalyn M. Corral.  Jenibell had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jenibell on her way to school. She had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Girls are enjoying their lunch packs distributed by Laura Vicuña. The food distribution is in connection with a pedicure workshop set up in the slums along side a film screening on human trafficking.Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Teenagers, both girls and boys learn the trade of accountancy. Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Teenagers, both girls and boys learn the trade of hotel business. Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jenibell in school, in history class. The teacher is Jonalyn M. Corral.  Jenibell had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Two girls enjoy a juice provided for by Laura Vicuña. Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Food distribution in the Bacolod district of Manila. All the women have been to a workshop in the dangers of human trafficking first and now receive a basic food parcel with rice, dry soup, sweets and juice. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jessica, 16. (Not her real name)..When Jessica came to the home at the age of 12 she was in a coma for 4 days after having tried to take her own life. She had been sexually abused for many years and her grandfather was her father who then carried on abusing her. She had wanted to run away for years but she was afraid to leave her little brother and suicide seemed at the time to be her only way out. Her biggest worry now is the well-being of her brother and she finds it very difficult to come to terms with that she had to leave him. She now lives in The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao which houses 30 street girls who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and sexually abused. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • The home and family of Julia R Rodrigues and her children Jeric, Helen, Noel, Rica and Nathalie in the slums of Manila.  Grandmother Teresi stands outside the glass-less window wit the kids. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Women queue to receive food parcels in connection with a pedicure workshop set up in the slums along side a film screening on human trafficking. There is very little work in the slums and many women do not have any vocational training so being able to set up a small shop in the streets providing pedicure is a great help to many women.  Because of poverty and lack of income children and young women are easy prey to human traffickers and the foundation aim to teach the dangers of trafficking by showing films in a mobile cinema. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Kids are enjoying their lunch packs distributed by Laura Vicuña. The food distribution is in connection with a pedicure workshop set up in the slums along side a film screening on human trafficking.Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Food distribution in connection with a pedicure workshop set up in the slums along side a film screening on human trafficking. There is very little work in the slums and many women do not have any vocational training so being able to set up a small shop in the streets providing pedicure is a great help to many women.  Because of poverty and lack of income children and young women are easy prey to human traffickers and the foundation aim to teach the dangers of trafficking by showing films in a mobile cinema. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • An older girl helps a younger one doing her home work. It is Monday morning but due to heavy rains school has been cancelled. Laura Vicuña Foundation, Inc. provides a safe haven, a secure home for girls where they live together with sisters from the Don Bosco order. They get the love and care they never have received and counselling when needed from qualified psychotherapists. .The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and sexually abused.The girls are aged between 6 and 16 and all of them go to school in the local municipality.Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Students at the ALS after having finished school. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program - provides working children with an alternative to finish either elementary or secondary education without undertaking activities in the formal school system.  ALS students are provided with self-learning modules, which they go through at their own pace.  Their progress is monitored by program staff when they visit the CDRTC once a week..Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Students in class. The Alternative Learning System (ALS) Program - provides working children with an alternative to finish either elementary or secondary education without undertaking activities in the formal school system.  ALS students are provided with self-learning modules, which they go through at their own pace.  Their progress is monitored by program staff when they visit the CDRTC once a week..Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City, Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Teenagers, both girls and boys learn the trade of tailoring. Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • A sisters who lives with the girls in the home chat and talk about laughter - who laughs how in the home - which the all laugh about. The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and sexually abused. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Girls at the Laura Vicuña residential centre in Querzon City, Manila. They have all been exposed to abuse and now live at the centre where they receive care and attention and counselling. They all wear masks made in art therapy to protect their identity.  Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jenibell on her way to school. She had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 hour through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • The hose pipe which cools the engine with cold water leaks and water and steam keeps pumping out and the engine is all along in danger of overheating. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Breakfast time, the crew munches on shell fish in various forms and sizes. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph and Abelino pstrats pulling the trawl at the orders of captain Joan. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • RJ tries to fix the leaking pipe with some tape. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Captain Joan heads further out to sea to beat his competitors to the get the best catch. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph loves the sea in spite of his father almost drowned the year before when his boat went down in a big typhoon. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • It looks to be a good catch with the net wull of fish and shell fish. Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Children play at a water pump while they fetch water for the house. Most houses in the slums in Manila do not have running water or any sanitation. The Philippines.
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  • Children play at a water pump while they fetch water for the house. Most houses in the slums in Manila do not have running water or any sanitation.
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  • Jessica, 16. (Not her real name).She likes being at the home for the protection it gives and for teaching her her rights. The sisters and counsellors have helped her get back her trust and confidence in herself and others. In her spare time she loves to read inspiring stories and she wants to become a social worker in order to express and share her own experiences with other children and what she has learned in spite of what happened to her. .."The rose on the mask symbolises my life; even though I have been through a lot of bad experiences I has managed to overcome them with the help of Laura Vicuna. The lips are red to signify that I say so many things even though not the things I really want to say. The blue signifies the negative thoughts I have in life but the sun signify the hope which came to my life."..When Jessica came to the home at the age of 12 she was in a coma for 4 days after having tried to take her own life. She had been sexually abused for many years and her grandfather was her father who then carried on abusing her. She had wanted to run away for years but she was afraid to leave her little brother and suicide seemed at the time to be her only way out. Her biggest worry now is the well-being of her brother and she finds it very difficult to come to terms with that she had to leave him. ..Laura Vicuña Foundation, Inc. provides a safe haven, a secure home for girls where they live together with sisters from the Don Bosco order. They get the love and care they never have received and counselling when needed from qualified psychotherapists. .The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and sexually abused.The girls are aged between 6 and 16 and all of them go to school in the local municipality.
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  • Shanon, 16. (Not her real name).She is happy to be in the home for the protection it gives and for the hope it has brought back to her. She loves reading and to dance, listening to music and play the guitar. She has choreographed many of the dance performances the girls do in the home to great applause by the audience. She wants to be  Video Jockey(VJ) to help the other children in the home. She wants to work in TV as a place to highlight the issues and lives the children go through..."The curly gold on the left side of the mask signifies all the positive things which have happened in my life. The mixed colours  all the confusion and problems which are happening in my life which at the moment are overpowering my life. I hope some day it will be different, that it will be the other way around. ..Laura Vicuña Foundation, Inc. provides a safe haven, a secure home for girls where they live together with sisters from the Don Bosco order. They get the love and care they never have received and counselling when needed from qualified psychotherapists. .The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and sexually abused.The girls are aged between 6 and 16 and all of them go to school in the local municipality.
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  • Jenibell on her way to school. She had to take several years out of education to work in the sugar cane field and to assist her mother at home looking after her younger siblings but she is now back in school. She walks 1/2 through sugar cane fields and ride 10 min on a tricycle to get to school for 7.45am. She lives near Victorias City in the state Negros Occidental. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • A student welcome another student to a virtual room as part of their hotel training.Teenagers, both girls and boys learn the trade of hotel business. Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Teenagers, both girls and boys learn the trade of tailoring. Many of the local teenagers dream of going to Manila or other big cities and vocational training provided by Laura Vicuña is important to fulfil this dream. Casa Maria Ausilitrice Laura Vicuña Women Development and Training Centre in Victorias City. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the state Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Joseph is 17 and works like his father did on the sea as a fisherman. The catch of the day is hauled in by the entire crew to be sorted out on deck and taken straight to the market in Hinigaran. The catch that day made the crew $12.00 each( Captain Joan $24.00) One day a week Joseph goes to Alternative Learning schooling provided by Quidan-Kaisahan.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Captain Joan heads for deeper waters to trawl for fish of the coast of Hinigaran. The crew consists of 4 members, Abelino, Rene, RJ and 17 year old Joseph.  <br />
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Joseph attends Alternative Learning Systems once / week facilitated by Quidan to be able to graduate. Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • The hands of Melicio, a young farm labourer who works in the sugar cane fields.  Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Don Don works in the Hinigran fish market providing ice cooled storage for whole sale shoppers in the market. He also goes to Alternative Learning once a week provided by Quidan to secure him a degree. Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • RJ tries to fix the leaking engine as the boat bobs along on the sea. The cooler pipe leaks and the engine is under constant threat of over heating.  The boat is captained by Joan off the coast of Hinigaran. Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Young boys working in the sugar cane fields high up in the mountains. They work all week in the field and on Saturdays they join a local ALternative Learning System provided for by Quidan. Quidan-Kaisahan is a charity working in Negros Occidental in the Philippines. Their aim is to keep children out of work to secure them education.
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  • Residents of the Laura Vicuña Center in Manila. The Laura Vicuña Centre in Cubao houses 30 street girls, who may be orphaned, neglected, abandoned, battered, morally endangered and abused. The girls are aged between 6 and 16 and all of them go to school in the local school. To protect the girl's identity they have all been photographed partially covering themselves with masks they have made in art therapy. Laura Vicuña is a non-profit charity working in Manila and in Bacolod in the province of Negros Occidental in the Philippines.
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  • Jennibell on her way to school through the sugar cane fields of Negros Occidental. Philippines.
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