day hospitals and morgues are overwhelmed the true extent of the tragedy is believed to be much bigger. and coming up next it is tough film having a look at children who have been killed in the war on drugs in the philippines to stay with us on t.w. news if you can i'm sara kelly and for a laugh thank you for watching take care. and you hear me you know now here's we're going to tell you and how the last 2 years just one stops now when we bring you on going to a mouthful and you've never had to have surprise yourself with what just possible who is medical really what moves want. to talk to people who are on the way maurice and critics would like to join us for metals last august.

modeling how you sniff glue to forget what has happened to nice i mean at least on the big day you don't feel like you're so afraid of hi i'm not here i don't know that letting others out. i don't remember much of what is happening out in the. jails for children they're like maybe evil dungeons they're small cells with steel bars on the gates and on the windows. knocked inside so my me over crowding in a small space. a ruthless war against drugs is being waged in the philippines and a countless number of children are among its casualties thousands of children live on the streets because their parents are either in prison or dead. a large number of children living on the streets have parents that are too poor to

take care of them. the street is the home for thousands of children whose wellbeing doesn't really interest anyone. christian 17 is the leader of a gang that lives inside a bridge in manila. the children chose this place to make it harder for adults to reach them especially the police often harass children on the streets. child not some of us who live here have parents that moment. but not me that that one me now staying here because we all cope the fact that i'm just i'm an i'm as a sound out. you know i did

a. lot of time in a moment and a lot of this is where we kill time even though it's dangerous here you know and i don't i'm and i'm glad i'm me being here is not good for us the mind of this machine and i'm thinking about what could happen that morning spent on the night and. not enough and i missed and it was not the ultimate judge to put me up but i mean i got but there was no use in taking him to the hospital that when he called for help no one came i am not making a lot but he felt he had to listen to one another from you know committed a crime and i was on the road. led. these children would rather risk life on the streets than to be taken into care which in the philippines works like

a prison. the youngest members of christian's gang are only 8 years old. somebody examples i'm an awful lot i got on him a lot and i were hoping despite the conditions i knew something you must tell us that although we have problems god no i don't love her mothering and you were not at all of them up there doing anything out of the tournament not probably not going up one up will mock we're really proud of ourselves and up even though we can't come to school i feel that when i'm in a. fight that side i mean i mean with that we live a difficult life i don't know if you feel it is in the streets it's to feel sick ah by. according to the estimates manila has 30000 street children they beg or steal to

get. food. their main aid comes from organizations that help children. in the bloody war against drugs in the philippines these children are left even more exposed to the hard hand of the law. the children in care for many of them have very little contact with their families so they really leaving in a peer group more slaves supporting a child they have very very high rates of contact with the law and most of the time it's very very negative contact very high rates of experiencing police violence and torture. they frequently arrests is obvious fairly tying knots is there's some substance abuse amongst them and amongst the people that should be caring for them to going to parents as part rights of incarceration of their family members. so it's a very difficult group of children to work with. bad

. christians gang lives in a poor suburb of manila the capital of the philippines the front of it's famous catholic church is the home of the poor. many of the members of christians gang still have parents. christian only has a father somewhere far away and he has a new family his gang of street children where he takes care of the smaller ones. that building and we regard each other most of nice as equals but i think with there's no money most. and you know i got when i'm in the show about boston given that what we're doing this pedestrian bridge or something rosaries so that we can buy from the not. so great time and comes to earn our living fighters that are often on the ball like.

it's a hard life for the families of the children of key aapl caught in the midst of the war on drugs instigated by president do terror tape where the poor accused of being drug dealers are killed or locked away raids are part of everyday life at least in these places where the parents of christians young friends live. the street children of key are often arrested the leaders of the philippines want to lower the age of criminal liability from the current 15 to 9 or 12. this means that even younger children could see themselves behind bars. with. well ordered to be put inside the detention facilities that would be you would count how many children from 15 from 12 to 15 that they'd be put to jail and then.

you still have this war on drugs that also put people in jail instead of doing rehab on community based intervention this is really problematic and the justice system is not yet ready for that that a lot of children are not afraid specially those on the streets those children mission that have a permanent home they have also interviewed children in situations which are now who are not afraid because they felt they feel like any time they can be transferred once they are. children who are involved and she was. eating.

the n.g.o.s heights who knew you and helps the children on the streets the children of alert louise when they're in trouble. somebody's going. to live. with this white house. doing the we're not resting trying to. be we're going to be close to the edge of. having the dr on yeah. i know this year there were no charges pressed against them and their. personal interest was an. incident that i guess i do not do i think christians has gone missing i one of the children saw the police take them but now no one knows where he is i sometimes street children are arrested without

a reason. many tell of torture and interrogation in the institutions so the we suah men has called the representatives of the commission on human rights in august and i'm you know i think. you. know christian was arrested because the police were looking for a pickpocket but now he's free again. you know not for me again no it was my 1st time in jail now i love all of the police for months and run into was an accused of stealing allowing them to do what i put i was stealing up and we were just comes to get some you know what is that because the police song is hanging around us that have been a low number they made me a scapegoat you know i've been a house and i'm a poet not my peace peace me and so my panel starts i know boy in about bodies and while i was in hospital i still felt afraid the whole time not i'm alone and i mean the doctor knew i was in pain and us to be to you know we always you know.

we don't. want to look like the one. of us. you know by now it's awfully hard just pounding because i'm afraid oh no that's not being arrested for no good reason i do not doubt my staff sergeants to forget about i'm not what i was you had to get a while i have to remind myself that i really haven't done anything like that and i don't think. the war against drugs has hardened attitudes towards crime and this also goes for children. thousands of adults and dozens of children have been killed in police operations in recent years and thousands of children have lost their parents because of this war . going to. the police and bus haasan are planning a raid wound and i think this was they are searching for drug dealers children who

sniff glue and minors on the streets after the curfew 10 pm. that. during the past 2 years the police have arrested over 1300 children for drug related crimes. even tonight the group is targeting 2 under-aged methamphetamine dealers. if you will called in the number of letters every week minimal 100 arrests for a month old. but still that compared to. what that should be because at

this period of 3 years since water and drugs. sent somewhere other substances where is the method for to me. plan so of course that i'll get to the center and then. come here. first no money. in it for me. my best man in. a stand up stand up stand up tell you what i'll tell you what i'm going up from about. one in a 1000 people going to be. going to get to the land. 16. soon he said news sally 16 years old how about to go.

the 1000 a. not going to. to give. my resume to the. follow up there did sat in this house a. 200 basis amount of trouble soul when we passed it to live but the trouble came back to our own. and showed class that there really but the should so immediately read that that i missed. this place. runners were pulling yourself into the dance but when their bosses that. after this we would be turning them over to the social workers fire their dirty grass.

drug dealing is a major risk even for miners according to the statistics over 100 children have been killed over 3 years. in the war against drugs you know those troops weren't ours we were playing mobile legends when the raid started. back and it happened to go to school but we don't have stopped. we no longer have money for it we don't mung salary only covers food. this is everyday life for those who live in extreme poverty the boy's other brothers already in prison for different reasons the 16 year old knows that he will go to a correctional facility. maybe for a long time. lieutenant kapur also understands that many crimes stem from extreme poverty but he believes that there is no alternative to arresting

them. for me. being in the service for for almost 3 years i have encountered that the miners when i say mine are that those are 14 years old 13 years old. they are involved in. all they do even in the inch for me to smithereens we will only lessen the penalty but we still have to arrest them because they're taking advantage of that ship to asia that i am only a child so i would have been putting the jewels that's the limit that there are pieces. that every night the station is filled with children who have broken curfew . they get to go home if their parents are to be found. otherwise they will be taken into a shelter for him to summer camp who is one of the areas with the most street

children placed a challenger. down the social work is a taking you away. looking at us it's ok to take. some of. this is how manila solves that social issues. the streets are forcibly emptied in the morning of those who have no time to run. according to unicef the philippines have

a couple 1000000 abandoned or discarded children. they run from the social services rescue operation. i. like. to see my mother and child who was the same way i do you still see till. i. come on it so she doesn't just take it easy i. think that sometimes somebody if you see even a missing child. look at me when she comes from our house we're just selling we're selling it for to see what you have in your hand . you know give it up i mean it was like a little oh mom i love that you're selling my family is there.

was another. comment on a hot. chili i os 7 actually children don't want to be in institutions they have on the assistants in them they feel it's easier on the street where they now have to bear than they can do what they play with the money men will still live so i hear long in the he some of the problem is that the children go back to the streets even though that has been returned to their families a great man up and stand in stark county not. this we have a 15 year old mother with a year old child to find a mom who do sometimes we have babies who's been taken with a novice to. the rescue of the street children is like a never ending circle. where children are taken released back to the streets

and taken again. inside the same gate is a shelter for the homeless and a correctional facility for children who have committed crimes the human rights commission consider both places as prison and would have to be some of this facility looks at a prison that the say they have rule. 5 which have bars the wires. have metal. being his as the artist very few living spaces not enough for all children to be inside a building full of a living being. children who wind up here often come from alleys like these. extreme poverty in the center of manila. raymond's mother has asked an ngo to help her. the police arrested her son and took

him to an institution because the boy threw a stone that broke a windshield from a passing bus. you know about it when spring break the goal was to screw him the gloves. this is the 3rd time raymond has been arrested. for the 1st time he ended up in a youth correctional facility because he is over 15 years old we need a warrant raymond cried a lot he was held down the police threatened to stop him if he wouldn't stop and he was really crowing up that no one obama thing to get the blame if you said trying to hitch a small boy yukon totes him packing so i now. know that. the owner of the bus demanded that the mother pay over $80.00 euros. but those who live in these alleys can't afford it they asked for money back that. last.

weekend i said to them i sell flowers on the street he said to me that the situation is this old woman the guy that if you will play on one field that take the boy into an institution unhealthy and the 2 highest minimum. i said no this company he's still a minor and he hasn't killed anyone. raymond and rain old live with their mother and 2 siblings in terrible conditions. they've hardly ever gone to school. they've encountered the police a lot more than that. i don't need one as honeymoon

going to be a long way hope raymond want to experience what i've made it through. whom i want to know is definitely wouldn't like it. i knew he might want to commit suicide in the institution i don't wish to learn i'm living. to one. and many take their lives because it's so bad there and you know. the food is terrible the up and even the rice is a cold you know playing them in on. something . the mother goes to the city hall to ask the prosecutor if charges have been filed against the boy. it turns out that charges haven't been filed yet. but the

child has been taken into an institution for a small crime. in his brain and now in jail. yes he is. a good prison when she'll it wasn't intentional you know. but high to low your own has grown accustomed to saving children who have been in prison for small crimes or for no reason at all. they help mothers navigate a complicated web of bureaucracy to find their children. the gates of the center open and you can hear children crying from the passing cars . their move from the city to another center boy's town i found out the famous case might be over on wednesday

because it was a small crime just movement in. my heart i'm worried that he's a minor only 16 years. after the authorities clean up 2 children are released from the shelter according to the wrong children under 15 can't be jailed. first a social worker takes the boys' information in order to find their family it's. many street children do have a family and i apologise for many money says to them go to the canal has been wondering the night of my life yes i don't socialize this continent and yes that's a good thing that the men of the film i've been on the street children almost always come from broken homes and the parents are often too exhausted to take care of children after mari cell has 6 children they live in

a small room and marie sell sells used clothing with her sister that normally isn't even enough for a day's meal. and outside a single parent in order to get food daily i go around selling secondhand clothes with my older sister and i know i mean by. that horse out there i also work in booking and i'm not i do anything that is available and i'll take things to a pawn shop because of my work i can't always take care of my children all the time so some look out for. me i didn't know that was one of the you. you. raymond's mother returns to the correctional facility after 3 months the boys

should be released today. the boy leaves the building with short hair. and they are not really me and my mum and dad i'm planning money sat on a book we slept on plastic mats. on some back to work the system and well i mean i . this is a correctional facility that takes 15 to 18 year olds priest shay cullen has arrived to his regular rescue missions to the martinique a youth home he has seen many children under 15 years old in these places. the children are practically locked up and vulnerable to violence from the older ones. shay collins foundation. is one of the registered ones to which authorities give

children to be taken care off from overcrowded children's homes. i think. today 2 youths go with him. john paul and rolando have been locked up several times now and the reason often being breaking the curfew. for long though is only 14 and according to the last 2 young to be there. in manila minors can be on the streets alone after 10 pm. shay cullen searches for the children's parents to tell them that the boys are taken to a predecessor outside of manila in olongapo low level. 0 . 000 people. john paul's father is

a single parent. his wife left when the child was 5 years old. and i. knew it was like many poor filipinos this father works for weeks on end on construction sites far away from home. but a lot of the pay is poor. you know what the children are used to being home alone from a young age. ok our loveable. little life and i know. you know one fact that i'm sometimes i'm so tired from work but when i come home i go to bed at the time because they have to leave for work early and i don't like them people written about i would go and get invited to a local guy we won't have food unless i work and if i don't care about losing my

wife that about our that i don't want to lose my children. and i'm going to buy malevolent the moment. that. made a plan and i'm old and i hope that one day the children will take care of me and over there will matter when i got back in one parent's aftermath you but they understand that i didn't abandon a friend who had it in melinda middleton up to me. even though i couldn't stand of the school and they didn't start my niggas in the middle of. shake one takes the boys to the shelter and predator. the irish priest has been

saving philippine children since the 1960 s. . this estate in the countryside is a home for boys who would otherwise be in prison under the control of the authorities. here the boys draw about their experiences in children's homes he says one of the pictures of the children drawing about what happened to him inside is only a small little boy and. he's only he's only a small boy maybe even 12 years old he's been inside the jail behind bars and they tortured him there they showed here that this is they gave him an electric shock. as a punishment no. this is a guard. we're not a little. but i'm not isolation room

they put them isolated as a punishment. and . they go and they have directors who want us to massage them. some have mental illness. just manapul a threatened you with. what can you say leg in the kitchen looting the. welder's many of these these jails for children they're like maybe evil dungeons are small cells with steel bars on the gates and on the windows. locked inside so many overcrowding in a small space they don't have beds in most of these places they sleep on the

concrete floor there's. many places to toilets are full of dirt and stuffed up there's no running water they only shower sometimes twice a week if they are allowed. to go hungry and insiders severe abuse and bigger boys are the ones who are raped being be tane and wooleen to small children. shay cullen has seen and photographed much over the decades and documented the conditions of the children taken into care. he says that the philippine authorities treat the children like criminals even though the law doesn't allow ringback it even children under 10 have ended up behind bars. the

government does not follow the law and they do not recognize the rights of the child you know. they do not care for them and when they are found on the streets are there is a complaint against the child for a big gain or taking food in the market for survival tool to live until they put them in the jail at least they get some food in the jail they stay alive but it's a horrible existence inside the cell and much abuse happens in those truly cells. thousands of children live without their parents because they've been imprisoned in

the war against drugs. over $30000.00 children became orphaned. and the parents of almost half a 1000000 children went to jail in the 1st year of the drug war. and these children have learned to take care of themselves. johnny wakes up early. but i'm peeling onions but if i don't be a one year olds sometimes i carry stuff and help out in the market where i can get a little bit of money. and i'm willing. johnny lives with his nan. nan doesn't know that johnny works at night she just thinks that johnny sleeps over at his friend's place.

the war against drugs has made grandmothers important protectors of children from dangers. johnny and sandra have lived with their nan since their mother and father wound up in prison because of drugs. the children had to watch their parents get arrested. life already wasn't easy the living their parents made was from odd jobs but at least johnny got to go to school. that amount of power. and then on the 2 year is johnny hasn't had a father or a mother to pay for school it's only man that is now on the top and i don't make enough money to school him get the food so i don't have 5 or 6 children staying at my place like there is no money for school. right now the family can only afford to send sandra to school.

what is it. that makes me cry or goes things wouldn't be like this if my daughters would have just listened to my advice is given yourself by your children wouldn't have to grow up like this if the book that they would go to school and behave it was so hard to know why gave up the love of the world. i want to at least tell us why i want to touch drugs and i can't have. johnny sandra and nana go to see the children's mother who has been jailed in a drug rehab clinic. the children haven't seen their mother and months because they

can't afford the trip. at least. a prison has allowed us to film their private meeting in the office. you. want. you to get in with that if you're. not need that with all of the love this would be what is his mom time to change. you get to go to school when i get out of here because somebody needs. to go bowling or. i can't talk about the situation with my children say nike thought him for because i see how it hurts them. now i'm sorry for what i've done to them at the moment in the last question johnny when the ball because the congressman if school had it it's our boy idea once that knife to go the same

way as mine. they should live good lives and not repeat my mistakes they get in the. city. just like many other children sandra and johnny come from a broken home. to. please you. didn't form an oculus rift on the one we live here in tondo manila life is difficult because our home is only a shack and we get wet and it rains and of all the shopping also the heat is a nuisance i am and they are mosquitoes and i know them for

a. 16 year old mary grace is expecting her 1st child. she didn't mean to get pregnant but her and her boyfriend never learned about contraception. abortion here is a legal and sexual education is barely an afterthought. a i knew of school for 6 years and i'm still working on making my dreams a reality. yes it was was just so mary grace shares a studio flat with her mother and a 2 year old brother. her 2nd brother sleeps outside. i was i was shocked when i found out i was pregnant in the shop i didn't want to get any more i was just short of time on the shelf i would have been well.

enough even when i'm at my feet used to take me everywhere while being out and up being up question i experienced in high. if i hadn't my mom she would take me to places and i tried different types of food. and you can't be friends couldn't by myself in the summer because we don't have money. it's nice. mary grace is one of 200000 teens who will give birth this year in the philippines . according to the commission on population $24.00 children are born every hour to teen mothers. the majority of these mothers are children themselves who had to drop out of school marry grace's partner has been jailed under conditions that are considered normal in manila. the young man was accused of stealing bottles of coca-cola. but he denies the

charges but endures the conditions humbly oh you know i don't think it's ok and here it's just hard to sleep between all these people. you have to queue to take a shower. the only thing that counts here is hope and that never runs out mary grace also hopes that her child will be better off and more educated than them. and won't end up in jail. bait a. couple

feet maybe i will take good care of my baby it won't leave like i have. my baby to go to school that it will show up. equal rights equal chances. when you just. in countries. for more diversity and equal opportunities in the world of work 1st of all we need their mom but does include the even probable with the world of economics. made in germany and. 90 minutes on d w. we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. no

mention corner trip. hot spots for food. and some great cultural memorials to boot. dublin trouble awfully good. in many countries education is still a privilege poverty is one of the main causes some young children work in mine shafts instead of going to class others can attend classes coming to. he finished making. millions of children all over the world who can't go to school. we ask why. because education makes the world a more just. make up your own mind. made for minds.

this is the news live from india sees another record rise in covert 19 deaths of nearly 3800 dead in the last day will meet the ordinary men and women working round the clock to save as many lives as possible also coming off. the activists file a case in germany against president lukashenko and members of his government for crimes against humanity during last year's brutal post-election crackdown.