Tag Archives: Philippines

The tailspin of routinely traveling through heat, smog, and the crush on the street for hours on end is to be a part of the terrible pilgrimage that is Metro Manila.

At the age of 30, after seeing most of his friends go to prison, he decided to answer the call and put these visions into reality… (by Ralph Piezas)

This is a documentary on how climate change is increasing the intensity of extreme weather events, displacing millions of people, destroying livelihoods, crops and livestock.

These are photos of the children of people who migrated from the countryside to Manila, hoping to find work and looking for a better life.

The prolonged displacement due to the 2008 armed conflict in Central Mindanao caused a silent nutrition emergency to surface. By April 2011, 32,770 children under 5 years old were screened for acute malnutrition and given supplies of multi-micronutrient powders while 388 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition.

At the heart of this series, I am re-envisioning the changes in my family’s life following my father’s death, the self imposed exile that occurred, and the depression that followed.