El Nino impacts On Indigenous Peoples Of Mindanao

Photo | May 16, 2016

Women farm workers plant corn to help feed their families in Brgy Mirab, Upi, Maguindanao. Their fields have been empty for many months due to drought brought by El Niño. They experienced a series of crop losses, which threw their families into serious financial debt. To cope, most have stopped sending their children to school. Older children and wives are sent to the town to work as contractual laborers, household help or store-keepers.

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