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00:00Outside their house, Epiw is waiting for his younger brother, Reyalin, to come home from school.
00:22They will go up the mountain to help their father find a job.
00:27The sun is scorching hot, and there are huge rocks that need to be passed through.
00:39The situation will get worse if it's sunny, because the ground is dry.
00:46But just think about what the children are going through when it's rainy season.
00:56Epiw needs to stop to catch their breath.
01:27What do you want to do to fight your tiredness?
01:33I want to be able to go home, because it's tiring.
01:37My neck and back hurts, especially when I don't have a pin.
01:42Sometimes, I feel like my weight is going backwards.
01:45Epiw stopped going to school this year.
01:49And because he stopped going to school twice,
01:51his younger brother, Reyalin, reached Grade 5.
01:56We live here in the mountains.
01:59It's hard for me.
02:01I want to help my parents.
02:03Sometimes, we don't have rice.
02:07We just borrow money.
02:08It's hard for us.
02:13The mountains are rocky, rocky, and steep.
02:17This is how hard it is for the children who work to earn a small amount of money.
02:24But for them, that small amount of money is already a big help to their families.
02:30When it comes to farming, their father, Mang Rehio, already got the fruits of the banana plantations.
02:49This is what the children will get to sell for 20 pesos per kilo.
02:54How many bags is that?
02:56Two bags.
02:59Does that mean two bags?
03:01It's not a big bag.
03:03It's a bigger bag.
03:05Yes.
03:07It needs to be organized.
03:10Yes, so it won't hurt.
03:12How many bags do you usually carry, Epiw?
03:16Yes.
03:18How many bags?
03:20Just one.
03:21How old are you?
03:23Thirteen.
03:25But you look younger than your age, right?
03:28Yes.
03:30Is it because of your weight?
03:33Yes, because of my weight.
03:37According to tradition,
03:40the brothers carried more than 20 kilos of rice per day.
03:46The brothers carried more than 20 kilos of rice per day.
04:02This is heavy.
04:05It's heavy.
04:08Are you okay?
04:10Yes.
04:16It's heavy.
04:30Are you okay?
04:32Yes.
04:34It doesn't hurt, right?
04:36Are you okay?
04:38Yes.
04:46Let's go.
05:02Look how fast those kids are.
05:05They still have a load.
05:07And their load is almost as heavy as theirs.
05:11Be careful.
05:16It's heavy.
05:24When it comes to the village,
05:26the brothers stop for a while to rest.
05:29How often do you stop and rest?
05:32Sometimes, five times.
05:34Five times?
05:36Do you just get back your strength?
05:38Yes, when we're tired.
05:40What if it's too hot?
05:43We rest for a long time.
05:46We rest for a long time.
05:51The brothers continue to carry the load.
06:02They feel tired and exhausted.
06:09The brothers carefully cross the winding river.
06:13It's a dangerous path.
06:15They might fall into a deep and muddy dam.
06:22Later on,
06:25it seems that the brothers can't bear the tiredness anymore.
06:35So they stop to see the river
06:37to rest in the middle of the hot weather.
06:42They rest for a while.
06:48The brothers quickly forgot about their work
06:51and went back to their village.
07:12The next day,
07:14the brothers returned to their village.
07:32The brothers are lucky
07:34because when they arrived at their house next to the dam,
07:37a buyer was waiting for them
07:39and they gave him bananas.
07:42When did you arrive?
07:44Just now.
07:46How much is this?
07:48Just give me 500 pesos.
07:50400 pesos was paid to Mang Rijio
07:53for a bag of 20 kilos of bananas.
07:57This is his daily income for one day.
08:03How much do you earn?
08:0550 pesos.
08:07Are you happy?
08:09Yes.
08:10I will give him food.
08:12I will work tomorrow.
08:14I will give him food.
08:20For Rayeline,
08:22working is a way to help her family.
08:27There are times when they only have coffee and rice.
08:32I think it's hard to help them cook.
08:35I'm crying because my family is affected
08:38and they are also hungry.
08:40It's hard.
08:45According to the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA,
08:49the number of child laborers in the country is increasing
08:52from 5 to 17 years old.
08:55In 2020,
08:57there were more than 870,000 child laborers in the country.
09:02It increased to 1.37 million in 2021
09:05and 1.48 million child laborers in 2022.
09:11But there is still no data for 2023 and 2024.
09:17The Philippine Statistics Authority also released a report
09:22that 11 million out-of-school youth,
09:28employment, or employment
09:30are the main reasons for not continuing their studies.
09:35It's hard to see your children
09:39working hard to help their family.
09:44I'm not happy because they are helping.
09:49But I feel that they are working hard.
09:54It's hard for me.
09:56Even though I'm tired, I'm still working.
09:58I'm still working.
10:00We're just here.
10:02We're not that hungry.
10:05For Mang Rihiyo,
10:07he doesn't need to feed his children
10:10if there is enough support for those like him who are farmers.
10:15The big farmers are the first.
10:18They should start with the small ones and go to the big ones.
10:21Of course, the food.
10:23All the farmers are from the Philippines.
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