A man collecting cartons to bring to a junkshop. Payatas is the biggest garbage dumpsite in Metro Manila, populated mostly by migrants from the south of the Philippines. Coming to the city in search of a better life and income, these migrants son realize that life in urban Manila can be harsh. Many of Payatas’ inhabitants suffer diseases and illnesses such as tuberculosis, diarrhea, asthma and other ailments born out of living in the garbage dump. ..In 2000, a portion of the Payatas dumpsite collapsed after a week of rain, killing about 3000 men, women and children working in the dumpsite. Que
A man collecting cartons to bring to a junkshop. Payatas is the biggest garbage dumpsite in Metro Manila, populated mostly by migrants from the south of the Philippines. Coming to the city in search of a better life and income, these migrants son realize that life in urban Manila can be harsh. Many of Payatas’ inhabitants suffer diseases and illnesses such as tuberculosis, diarrhea, asthma and other ailments born out of living in the garbage dump. ..In 2000, a portion of the Payatas dumpsite collapsed after a week of rain, killing about 3000 men, women and children working in the dumpsite. Quezon City, Metro Manila,
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