Those not used to the smoke can only spend a few minutes before their lungs and throat hurt but the people here endure the suffocating carbon emitted in the tedious process of turning wood into charcoal.
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(The make-shift charcoal factory is set against a backdrop of thatched houses and heaps of garbage. For the residents of Tondo, this is home.)
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(Lina doesn't mind the dirt. She fills the sack of charcoal which she will sell for P280.)
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(Joel and his wife Marisa are preparing the wood for the overnight process of heating it into coal.)
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(Women and children help in the production of charcoal. They sift through the patches of land to look for bits and pieces of wood that could still be sold.)
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(The sacks of charcoal will be sold to individual buyers who will then repackage the charcoal and sell it for P6 per pack. One sack can make 36 packs.)
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(A man counts his earnings today. He has sold six sacks of charcoal for a total of P1,680.00.)
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(A woman prepares to repackage the sack of charcoal.)
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(Most children in Tondo are not in school. They help their parents in the ulingan.)
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(They help in transporting the sacks of charcoal to the market.)
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(This is Baby Jane, four years old. The ulingan is her playground.)