Mendoza,

HannaJoyC. May9,
2019

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rand

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l
m" MinsanLangSi l
aBata"ofDi tsiCarol
ino,i
saf il
m showi ngther eali
ty
focusingonchi l
dl abor.Thef il
mfeatureschil
dr enfrom 3di f
ferentplacesinthecount ry(Cebu,
OrmocandMi ndanao)t hatwer ef
orcedtowor ki nexchangeofmoney ,theygav eupt heir
studies,
,fr
eedom andr ightsofbeingachildjustt ohel pthei
rfamilytogainmoneyt opr ovide
thei
rneeds.Chi ldr
enf rom Cebuwhoar evict
im ofchi l
dlabor,whowor kedi nasl aughter
housewhopeel edt heskinofapi gmeatandr eceiv eonlysomepar tofthemeat 'sfatwher ein
theywi l
lal
sosel li
tt oothers.WhileinOrmoc, thechi ldr
enwor konf armt ohelptheirparent s
topayt hei
rdebt .Andl astl
y,thechil
dreninMindanaowhoar esocal l
ed,"youngkargador s",
carryaheav ysackwhi chareheav i
erthantheirwei ghtt ounloadtheshi p,despit
eoft heir
youngage, theywer eexposet osnif
fthedustsofcement swhi chisnotheal t
hytot hem.Thi s
document aryrepresent smanychi l
dlaborersher einourcount rynotonl yduri
ngt hattimebut
alsoupt opresentdat e.

Theywor katthei rsleeplessni ghtandr ecei veonl yasmal l amountf r

om t heirempl oyer,they
alsohav ebeenabusef rom theirco-wor ker sandempl oy er.Theyar eexposedt oabl oodyand
brutalkindofenv ir
onmentwhi chisnotf orchi l
dren'ssight .Theydon' tdeser veanyoft his.I
am sodi sappoint edt omyr eali
zationt hatFi l
i
pi noadultswer everyabusi v etot heyoung
people.Ther earest i
llchil
dl aborersinourcount r
yt hatourgov ernmentf ailedt osolveit
.Thi s
fi
lmi sawakeupcal ltoev eryonenott oabuseandmakel ot sofchi ldlabor ers.Letthe
chil
drenenj oythei rchildhoodday s,playingandr elaxi
ng.Don' tgett het i
mewher etheycando
whatt heywant ,gi vethem t hef r
eedom t heyshoul dhav e.Thosecr uel peopl edon'thavehear t
,
theyareev ilt
ol ett hechi l
drenwor kfort hei rfamily.Childrenar epeopl enotani mals.Weneed
tocarenott oabuset hem.Donotshat teredandl etthei rdreamswentdown.Thi sfi
lm shows
therealitybehi
ndoft heirsmi l
e,ishar dwor k,andl ovef orthei rfamilysot heywer ewor kfor
them.Di tsiCarolinodi dherj obv erywel l t
oexposet her ealityhappeni ngt oourcount ry
regardingtochi l
dl abor .Shewakesupal l
thet houghtsandi deascamei ntoourmi nd
everyti
mewet hi nkabout" ChildLabor ".

"Chi
l
drenshoul
dhav
ePENSi
nthei
rhandsnotTOOLS"-
Iqbal
Masi
h

St
opChi
l
dLabor
!Not
oChi
l
dAbuse!