• Manila, Philippines, May 10 2013, PCF, Story by The National Reporter Hugo Burger- The PCF Childrens Chorale Group lead by Anita Sarnicula warms up before performing for represenitives From Etihad Airlines who donated , used aircraft blankets, toys, books , school uniforms and one months worth of rice to feed approximately 70 children who attend school at the PCF. Some of the children who reside in the "Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area " located in North Manila, attend the PCF School there. Most children and there families are scanvangers at the smokey Mountain dump. Living conditions are unhealthy, children there suffer from malutrition and substandard living conditions. For The National / Mike Young
    Manila, Philippines, May 10 2013, PCF, Story by The National Reporter Hugo Burger- The PCF Childrens Chorale Group lead by Anita Sarnicula warms up before performing for represenitives From Etihad Airlines who donated , used aircraft blankets, toys, books , school uniforms and one months worth of rice to feed approximately 70 children who attend school at the PCF. Some of the children who reside in the "Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area " located in North Manila, attend the PCF School there. Most children and there families are scanvangers at the smokey Mountain dump. Living conditions are unhealthy, children there suffer from malutrition and substandard living conditions. For The National / Mike Young
  • The PCF School Principal Anita Sarnicula, left, and Etihad Airways represenitives unpack donations. Mike Young for the National
    The PCF School Principal Anita Sarnicula, left, and Etihad Airways represenitives unpack donations. Mike Young for the National
  • From left: Kent Gingo, Anna Erica Bautista and Mary Blessie Daliva, all eleven years old and students at the PCF School pose for a picture. Mike Young for the National
    From left: Kent Gingo, Anna Erica Bautista and Mary Blessie Daliva, all eleven years old and students at the PCF School pose for a picture. Mike Young for the National
  • Tess Sarmiento, left, shows students their new uniforms that Etihad Airways donated to the PCF Students. Mike Young for the National
    Tess Sarmiento, left, shows students their new uniforms that Etihad Airways donated to the PCF Students. Mike Young for the National
  • The Philippine Community Fund (PCF) School sits in the shadow of the original “Smokey Mountainâ€� pile. Built two years ago, the facility is a four-storey quadrangle structure, made out of 74 shipping cargo containers that had been dumped on the nearby ???
    The Philippine Community Fund (PCF) School sits in the shadow of the original “Smokey Mountain� pile. Built two years ago, the facility is a four-storey quadrangle structure, made out of 74 shipping cargo containers that had been dumped on the nearby ???
  • Some of the children who reside in the Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area located in North Manila, suffer from malutrition and live in substandard living conditions. Mike Young for the National
    Some of the children who reside in the Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area located in North Manila, suffer from malutrition and live in substandard living conditions. Mike Young for the National
  • Diseases such as hepatitis, tuberculosis and typhoid are rife. When combined with the constant exposure to toxic fumes and waste, it means the average life expectancy for the area’s inhabitants is just 36. Mike Young for the National
    Diseases such as hepatitis, tuberculosis and typhoid are rife. When combined with the constant exposure to toxic fumes and waste, it means the average life expectancy for the area’s inhabitants is just 36. Mike Young for the National
  • The original “Smokey Mountainâ€� rubbish tip – so named because of the toxic fumes that billowed out from the site – became synonymous with the depths of poverty in the Philippines. Mike Young for the National
    The original “Smokey Mountain� rubbish tip – so named because of the toxic fumes that billowed out from the site – became synonymous with the depths of poverty in the Philippines. Mike Young for the National
  • Everyday life for the squatters who reside on Manila’s dumpsites, where they grind out an existence by picking through the heap for salvageable scraps. Mike Young for the National
    Everyday life for the squatters who reside on Manila’s dumpsites, where they grind out an existence by picking through the heap for salvageable scraps. Mike Young for the National
  • Children with grimy faces live in dilapidated shanties, made up of plywood walls and rusted iron roofs, while mounds of putrefying waste pile up around them. Mike Young for the National
    Children with grimy faces live in dilapidated shanties, made up of plywood walls and rusted iron roofs, while mounds of putrefying waste pile up around them. Mike Young for the National
  • Children scavengers pick through the trash at "Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area " located in North Manila. Mike Young for the National
    Children scavengers pick through the trash at "Smokey Mountain Reclamation Area " located in North Manila. Mike Young for the National
  • Etihad Airways Employee, Luzelle Boado, right, hands out donated blankets to students of the PCF School. Mike Young for the National
    Etihad Airways Employee, Luzelle Boado, right, hands out donated blankets to students of the PCF School. Mike Young for the National
  • Scavengers push an overloaded kart through the muddy road way of squatters village at Smokey Mountain Reclamation area. Mike Young for the National
    Scavengers push an overloaded kart through the muddy road way of squatters village at Smokey Mountain Reclamation area. Mike Young for the National
  • The original “Smokey Mountainâ€� rubbish tip became synonymous with poverty in the Philippines. Bowing to public pressure, the government closed the landfill site in the early 1990s, and evicted the residents into low-cost housing projects nearby. Yet, ???
    The original “Smokey Mountain� rubbish tip became synonymous with poverty in the Philippines. Bowing to public pressure, the government closed the landfill site in the early 1990s, and evicted the residents into low-cost housing projects nearby. Yet, ???

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