In the Philippine capital, misery is often part of the scenery. Touched by insecurity, numerous families find refuge in the slums, while the children live alone out on city sidewalks. Their sufferings are profound: abandoned by their parents, sometimes raped by their father or beaten by their mother, numerous kids take shelter under bridges and down in the gutters. In turn, they become victims of drug use and prostitution. Hurt by injustice, solitude and bruised by violence on the streets, these youth don’t have access to proper care or education. In the slums, the situation is hardly any more hopeful. Thousands of families pile into makeshift dwellings amongst the garbage, under sheet metal and sheets riddled with holes. Their environment is unsanitary, their future uncertain.

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