MANILA (Reuters) - One by one, Michelle Asinto's six children take the plate of rice doused in soy sauce and eat their share before passing it on. This is what a meal can look like in the slums around ...

MANILA, Philippines -- The ghetto called Aroma reeks of putrefying trash collected by its residents for recycling. Half-naked children with grimy faces play on muddy dirt roads lined by crumbling ...

For poor families in the Philippines, electrical bills are a huge burden. But an old soda bottle, filled with water and bleach, can be turned into... In Philippine Slums, Capturing Light In A Bottle ...

When Nakaishi asked the children who were earning money from the dangerous rubbish heaps about their dreams for the future, they all wanted to become doctors or teachers. This experience prompted him ...

Nakaishi observed that all domestic waste was mostly discarded out of the window into the sea, turning plastic waste into sludge. Although the residents’ livelihood mainly depends on fishing, their ...