Smokey Mountain

Hi there to all.

The other day I got to take 3 visitors from Australia to the “New Smokey Mountain” site. Smokey mountain was the name given to a huge rubbish dump here in Manila many years ago now. The dump got the worlds attention after a 60 minutes show revealed the poverty and degradation of the thousands of people who lived there, making their living from the rubbish. The Philipines Govt’ has since closed the original site down…but now there are literally dozens of new sites, alot smaller than the original, but just as back. It is a very difficult problem to fix, close one dump, others will have to open up…what else do you do with the mountains of rubbish…?

Anyway, here are a few fresh photos from the “New Smokey Mountain”…crazy place to live.

There is no need to mention how these people might spend Christmas – two thirds of the world live like this…