Risky Busines: The Slum (Episode 2) | Al Jazeera Documentaries 

All while $50,000 purses are selling like crazy among the rich.

Yes 👍

The love that the sky and the stars.

Everything is Sad all the way Around😔💔 and agree with you ... This comment is the most saddest one !”

Im not poor nor rich, but i spend almost $30 per day just for normal food. For them $30 is like 1 month of food. I think i can't live how they lives their lifes. Much respected for them.

Joanne Ramos he is a true MAN!

Could not agree more with both of your comments! He may not be able to financially provide as much as he wants, however his children will always have something that money can never buy~ perseverance, love, sacrifice, "true meaning" of family, honesty, to name only a few.

yes,,we do..well said.

Not really

It's like Africa they should do family planning to stop aids and poor children dying of it

Did someone ask?

@@lilycruz8711 did I ask you to comment?

@@lilycruz8711 fatherless

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I'm working on locating him and verifying his reality. I was hoping to send a him money and/or things for his shop and granddaughter. I feel it is a sin to not at least try to aide when we see such sacrifice. If you want to contribute ill let you know when I have verification.

@Verbally Abusive Clown I fukin tried and even left a message to a relative I think was his on FB. I would have at least bought him new tools

Crown? Like beauty queens?

@@lilycruz8711 Like he deserves all the recognition and praise in the world for being a strong provider

@@lilycruz8711 A crown for a King.

Hey can you give me that address or some way to find him? The guy deserves 100$ so he wont have to eat sewer fish for dinner no hard working man on EARTH should have to put up with what he does... no one...

I don't know the address. But this spot at the link on google maps looks like the same shop. .  www.google.com/maps/@14.6248136,120.9602224,3a,31y,117.74h,81.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swmhMhVJw2JgngMPJkJcgBQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en-US

address» yeah sure slum n 12 dirt road n 45 top bunk 13233 manila slum

is it in C5 road going to Roxas blvrd?? im kinda near him if ever... its a bit risky in the area though

if ever anyone will go and help him out be aware of your surroundings , if in a car dont ever open your windows and always lock the doors... dont be to far from your car... dont go there at night or even at dusk... best time will be lunch or after lunch...stay safe and vigilant at all times ill lend him a hand if ever u wanted to come just contact me here then lets try to match our skeds

Matthew Montalvo thank you for not commenting bad in my place😀

Matthew Montalvo it shouldnt be something u like or enjoy. If it makes u feel superior, then your heart isnt in the right place. Ur heart should be breaking into for how these people are forced to live. If youre so thankful and this brings awareness to you ,then it should be on yoyr heart to help others with less than what u have.

@@cathyt144 lol you cant help everyone else that has less then we do if your a mailmen like me and like many others jobs we barely keep something over at the end of the month , we're not the vatican , get real will you

This is the worst side of life on planet earth. Be thankful you were not born there.

Matthew Montalvo they're not movies, they're documentaries.

Chesa Djanelle us westerners are so fortunate but take it for granted

Cool! It is ALWAYS a good thing to see what the world around us is like. I myself was adopted from a developing nation, and I do what I can, to help the children there. I send money to an organization, that is guaranteed to get the money, where they are needed! I hope for a better future of my birth country.

Chesa Djanelle you want to come and visit this place sis?😆 i live here

ARE THESE PEOPLE BRAIN DEAD. DON'T THEY KNOW THAT NOT MAKING KIDS WOULD BENEFIT THE PEOPLE....

Stop buying coffee. It's no good for your stomach and the caffeine will give you mental and nervous problems.

They are sort of lazy. If they aren't running their own business, but working for you, then you have to watch them every minute.

+otto second ...I agree with your post. Who can afford to be lazy? Lazy = no food. I am ashamed of myself. I am poor, yet live like I am rich, compared to these people. I want to help some families directly, but don't know how. The organizations on TV are mostly feeding themselves...most taking 70 to 80% of what donations they receive.

+Juan De Nada Jr That's why the plantation owners hired overseers with guns and whips. Because there were actual incidents like that. There were even slave rebellions that the army had to put down. Still slavery was a very profitable enterprise before mechanized agriculture.

+John Doe you are so ignorant

+John Doe who wouldn't rebel as a slave?! But you are such an ignorant white supremacist...

Happy no matter what..hardship is all they know.God bless the Filipino poor.😳

and unbreakable spirit...

Betsy Collins me too betsy. I get to live a wonderful life in Massachusetts. God we got it good

My thoughts exactly. Ive had a bad week and was really down and out. Then I watch this.

@beverly ledbetter still got it good though

Sometimes people laugh in despair. It can be defense mechanism when life is brutal. He is everything but happy trust me. If he didn't try to cheer up he would probably commit suicide.

😘😘😘😘

Tell me about it.. 😔

Mail them some condoms and BC..that would help

You CAN help them! Go search for helping programs directed to the Philippines. But be careful. There are lots of scammers, who want your money.

Ujuani68 90% of the money never reaches them

letslifelaughluv you can.

At least 5

Child mortality rate is obviously higher here. You can have one kid in developed nations and that kid will live to the age of 80. In the slum, that kid will not live beyond 5 yrs. That explains why poor people have more kids. Also you have to take into account that they cannot afford contraceptives like folks in the developed nations. If you earn less than a dollar a day, do you use the money for contraceptive or for food?

Abeidy M. Contraceptives are given to them.. They choose not to use them because their religion does not allow it.

Yeah but they are incredibly hard to get , you are looked down upon for getting them ; and often they are not good quality.It's not just their religon , getting effective contraceptives in Slums are increadibly difficult.You have to remember not all sociaty's are like 'ours' , they probably have a high rape rate too. Lot's of factors as to why people in poor countries have a lot of kids ; but at the end of the day who is more likely to survive , a baby here or a baby born in America?That's why people have 5 or six kids , because at least 1 will die.

ninetailed fox looked like they had lots of coat hangers around

It will never happen. Too big of a problem and a corrupt government.

There is a financial requirement to immigrate to Canada. If your Mom really lived in the slums she wouldn't have met the residency visa requirement. Unless, maybe she was pretty and married a Canadian?

John Doe lol..

@@John77Doe you sound dumb.

@@John77Doe ,

I know! So many are looking down on these people and saying 'how horrible', but their strength and resilience, love and sacrifice is impressive. They're very capable people, while lots of the vinegar-drinking commenters can't even change their own tire when they have a flat.

+GuildBankLooter The banks and globalisation?

depending soley on your age how does it feel to have been purchased? You dont sound like much of a individual... but again you might be 15-16 still and thats still understandable.. But if your in your 20's than Oh Boy...

Get a job. Your parents won't be around forever.

I agree with you, here's the issue, nobody, absolutely nobody knows where to start, how to put something together. problem 1, every single one of them talks about food, money for food, rather then just give food they must do a few things, there needs to be an understanding that the main problem is too many are having too many kids and offer incentives for not having more then 2 children per household, this means they need to understand that contraceptive are not against God. 1. organize. 2. they can get a pound of rice for every 10 pounds of trash they bring per household 3 times a week, get the people to clean up the place. 3. get a way to recycle everything including organic materials to be used as compost. 4. build raised bed farms in the area, but heirloom seeds and plant food. 5. use mason jars to store food to keep it fresh, if possible teach them to can foods, extra fish from catches can be canned as well as vegetables since it didn't look like they had lot of refrigerators. 6. women can do canning in a community cannery. 7. men can be taught how to build things, fish, farm, and one at a time build proper infrastructure and fix homes and streets 1 block at a time. 8. change the education system to include trade schools, and other professions. 9. get local made products such as clothing and other goods made and bought locally. once you have food, and a way to keep the streets clean, better health means less problems. teach them to plan, without an understanding of how to plan there is no map to understand how to get where you want to be. make a free local bus service, a peso saved is a peso earned. there is much more, because as things grow there's always new jobs that come out of it, like a snowball effect.

+peter8488 Exactly way too many kids.

+Robert Campbell ...Please let me know if you find a way!

+peter8488 ...So how does one begin to start up a legit non profit organization? I have motivation and time, but not a clue as to where to start, and I don't meant through the Red Cross who has many paid employees. Can common, sincere people make a difference in even a few families lives? It's said that more people in India have phones than toilets. I want to help the people who have neither...or at least not phones. Maybe through Churches? Pennies for People...just having people donate their penny collections would be fantastic!

+Robin Pierce i worked for non profit and govt sector in the usa for over 30 years. im retired . am thinking of starting an ngo for economic sustainability for this people. let's connect.

No, it won't. The poor will always be with us. If one man can honestly earn a better wage, he would be a fool not to do so. These poor people would jump at the chance for a better job, and then you think inequality will come bite them because they earn more and aren't poor anymore? Having money or not having money is not evil. Being kind and fair or a mean swindler is the difference, not the amount of money.

@@oneperson5760 Can always go on benefits in the UK, where having a shed load of children really does pay off.

@@oneperson5760 Oh yes it will. The people that are obscenely rich are in for a wake up call.

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+Joy Vradenburg So sitting and praying is going to solve this? These poor are obviously not happy. I'd be curious to see what the direct translation from the oldest scriptures really is. Sometimes the translation gets twisted. And in the original texts, there isn't a Devil. Through history it evolved in re-written versions derived from an angel sent down by "God" to collect dirt on people. Later the "Devil" was enhanced. There's a documentary on RU-vid that is very detailed about this. The governments could encourage fewer kids and more opportunity etc. etc. but they don't.

+GuildBankLooter haha jokes

+Joy Vradenburg ..yes you can help...you can sponsor a child and the they get every dime you send ..sure if you send money thru Red Cross etc they get little to nothingg but if you go on fakebook and find someone to help then you can.you keep praying and some of us will send what we can to help people ..

+Joy Vradenburg ...So true, and so disgusting! Everyone of those people should volunteer their time, and not be getting paid like a business! I would volunteer my time to help families directly. Change peoples lives, one at a time...just think if a billion people spared twenty dollars a month for a billion families. Pay for the children's educations, so they can eventually help themselves and their families.

hey how are you

Phlppin should become communist country like China & Vietnam

what better product is there to sell, everyones gotta die sometime might as well skim a little off it.

Religions are opium and religious leaders are drug dealers!

Religions are opium and religious leaders are drug dealers!

"Thank You"..at least your being completely honest.. I REALLY respect that!

Sad but true. And once you stop helping your family, they will hate you.

Leave the leeches out in the sun to wither.

My auntie is from the Philippines and she moved over here, her family still in the Philippines keep begging for money and saying she is rich when she lives in poverty herself, it’s upsetting seeing her get harassed when she can’t afford to give them anything

Brad S 100% agree but I don't think they are clever enough (informed) to make decision about not to have more children.

Brad S You would figure they would abide by the rules and (as terrible as this sounds) reproduce responsibly. They know they are only burdening themselves with the addition of more kids, and the kids don't even have a shot at improving. Its a sad circle.

Brad S You would figure they would abide by the rules and (as terrible as this sounds) reproduce responsibly. They know they are only burdening themselves with the addition of more kids, and the kids don't even have a shot at improving. Its a sad circle.

I agree

Brad S I disagre god wants ius to multiply that also means more souls withthe opperutnity to enter the enternalkingdom...

+Aaron Kristoffer Espares , uhhh.. contact Al jazeera or Iguana productions?(the ones who made this docu for AJ) there is google u know

+DarkZeroDj Great help.

+Aaron Kristoffer Espares Any luck?

+Aaron Kristoffer Espares Here she is in Facebook: facebook.com/evelyn.barquin

+Toxic Phantom here she is in Facebook: facebook.com/evelyn.barquin

They will never see the light at the end of the tunnel,their miserable life will be forever !

Jeff j,..more westerners need to see ,how most of the world lives...its tragic indeed

A $100 can change a man's life in the slums

Lol..You obviously haven't toured your country much.

what usa? there are also lots of slums in your country check your own society first... there are even dead bodies on your streets

Lacey sanchez your a good person. God bless you

God bless u Lacey sanchez💐💝🌈🌠🦋

Blow the balls.

the trick is getting secured $ to someone you can trust so many miles away..I was able to help many of the victims of the Peruvian flood a few yrs back because I befriended a family that lived in a poor part of Lima..I've stayed with them on many occasions..so when I sent over $1000 with the help of my friends, he went to the local mercado's to buy at a further discount ( based on helping the flood victims) food, water and space blankets and were hand delivered to those people.. even then they had to be covert as the police and street thugs tried to take it from them... it's really difficult but with if the will is there and a local, trusted contact is on the ground, a lot can be accomplished ...

why not close it to 50$ 😅✌

These people are not starving. They are above the level of malnutrition that I have seen in Africa.

+John Doe Yeah, there are people in Africa that can only dream about having piles of trash to dig through.

+Vyvyan Basterd Amen brother. I lived in Africa. I don't think Europeans and Americans recognize the difference between the over developed Far East and the "emerging from the bush," villages of Africa.

+John Doe Africa is a continent and not a country. One country may be totally different from what you saw in the country you went to. Yes there is poverty in Africa and I have seen it first hand but this is of another level. In my country of origin they scavenge through copper ore slags and definitely not that rubbish piles. Neither are there dirty water walkways as soon as you leave your house. I have seen people that live in thatched roof houses and may survive on very basic standards but not the level I have seen in these videos. By the way they have three square meals consisting of breakfast which may be corn or cassava porridge, pap with vegetables or with fish and an evening meal of stuff they grow from their fields.

+Vyvyan Basterd Where? In Botswana or Namibia? You guys need to travel to see it for yourselves.

And Canada to

You're 100% correct!

Yeah I use to smoke but gave up a couple of months ago and even I sometimes get the urge to have one but I haven't given in yet. Lol.. But I didn't know that they were very cheap there though..

Yeah they never tell you how addictive they are or how bad for your health they were as all they want to do is make money.. The cigarette I used to smoke were £10 a packet of 20 and that's a lot.. I still fight the occasional craving I get.. It's really hard.

Yeah I will have a look.. Thanks for that and I will keep plodding along being smoke free as we know it makes sense really.. My GP says it can be harder to give up than drugs cos you can just go in a shop and buy them.. Good luck to you too..

lol

My mom grew up in Tondo and knows first hand the experience of living in nightmareish poverty. I actually asked her the same question when I was a little girl while driving by the slums. She said she never smoked herself but cigarettes are so cheap and will leave your belly feeling full. While buying an actual meal will set you back a lot and what little you get to eat will still leave you feeling hungry.

ejmac11 I think it was two different fires in different slums.

and if she could have said more she would have you best believe that

ejmac11 there were two different fires, one during the day and one at night.

Give me one normal person anywhere int he world who wouldn't do that. Even the most cruel people who ever lived were willing to sacrifice everything for there offsprings. Generosity is when you help someone that is nothing to you. When you help him just because you want to and not because it is your son, daughter or grand child. Generosity has nothing to do with it. It is normal human reaction to sustain its own gene pool.

+hal9000xxl Yes it's only natural to give to those you love. But not everyone practices that principle. People are greedy by nature. Not everyone can sacrifice for others regardless if their family.

+kulupingerzi Exactly ! I know people with a lot of money who wouldn't help their own family because of greed so unfortunately it isn't natural nowadays

+Kate Mackenzie Same here. I grew up seeing those kinds of people. They would not extend help to whoever needed it. Sad but true. So the man who was so loving to his family on this video was extremely ideal.

oxymoron

There's no paradox, you lack the understanding of context and English language.

Eye opener??? ARE YOU KIDDING?? It's right in front of your stupid face 24/7.

He probably means hard drugs, pot isn't a hard drug, that would be like saying coffee is a hard drug. Pot is going to be legal all here all over Canada next year, thankfully. It's drug companies keeping pot out of the hands of the populations as it has many health benefits, it saved my life about 20 years ago after getting meningitis.

Most likely, he doesn't even know it's a pot leaf. That bracelet is just something you buy on the sidewalks here in the Philippines. Some dudes wear it to look cool.

I come here once every year