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about they were making poor housing for the poor because they have something like six kilometers of shanty towns so they were on the front page of the newspaper was this concrete box frightening depressing little concrete box with a door in it and a square window and they said oh they can build these houses for three thousand dollars each and they're going to build i don't know how many something like three four hundred thousand of them for these poor people when i clue in on the plane and i looked at the shanty town there was beautiful colors and fabrics and materials at least from a perspective of the airplane people personalize in their homes which doesn't matter what they were made out of they were very personal items they're going to basically give them like little jail cells so i did a lecture there you know that the mayor of the of the city said to me which one could you do for our city and i said well frankly let me redesign those homes for three thousand dollars each i could make a home that these people could really reconfigure could be made out of relief materials could provide

in hindi, sonapur means 'city of gold' - but in reality, it's more of a shanty town. it's this pool of labor that american subcontractors dip into to find workers for us military bases in afghanistan. >> what would happen if someone tried to apply for a job directly with ecolog? >> the typical business model, i'll call it, that's used by the gulf subcontractors is they will go to india, or nepal or philippines, or kenya, and they will link up with a recruiter. they work out first the above the board terms. and then there is the below the board agreement. which is the kickback. >> we needed to speak to someone intimately familiar with the arrangements between subcontractors and their agents. in afghanistan, ravi had given us the name of the recruiter in dubai who connected him to ecolog. to get this agent to talk to us openly, my producer and i posed as employees of a subcontractor, looking to hire indian workers. we set up a meeting with the agent near his office, and filmed it using two hidden cameras. he told us his credentials. >> and if they have to stay in dubai,

the government said that it is improving its disaster preparedness program, but this shanty communitys one of the hundreds that continue to live in disaster zones. they are the most vulnerable here in the philippines now that it is the season. >> reporter: he said that he has been through this many times before so he braces for the worse. >> what do we do? when the typhoon hits we suffer and endure. when it's over we guess our homes again. >> reporter: people hearsay help from the government is just too slow in coming, and so they just revealed on their own. doing the best they can with what little they have. al jazeera, manila. >> we want to turn ou to tracking the storm's path. the typhoon season this side of the world can be year round. you have warmer waters that time of year this system has moved through the philippines. you can see it's on the backside of all this, and mispoised to make an impact in vietnam. it is something that we'll have to watch. and as it reemerges as you go over land you're cut off from that warm water, the fuel source, the friction over land is torn apart

he lives in this shanty town, the football field that he plays is a sign of poverty all around him. for giovanni shoes is a luxury he still can't afford or even a proper ball to play with. but what he lacks in material possessions he makes up for in hope. >> my dream is to be a professional ball player. to get a house for my grandmother. >> reporter: he lives with his grandmother. they make ends meet by recycling cans. the hope of the family relies on his football skills. >> we hope that he'll play with the brazilian national team one day. if he makes the team financial things will change for him, for me, for all of us. >> reporter: there is no secret that football is deeply engrained in the culture for people of all ages, but for economically challenged youth, they see it as a way to become famous and also get out of poverty. >> reporter: there are thousands just like giovanni in brazil putting all their hopes on football. but only a tiny percentage make it. even at $350 million world cup stadium sits surrounded by signs of the less fortunate. for ge giovanni, with few other ways o

this shanty community is one of the hundreds that continue to live in disaster zones.e the most vulnerable here in the philippines now that it is typhoon season. this man says he has been through this many times before and always braces for the worst. >> translator: what else can we do in when a typhoon hits we suffer, we endure, when it's over we just fix our homes again. i guess it's all right like that. >> reporter: people here say help from the government is too slow inment doing, so they just rebuild on their own, doing the best they can, with what little they have. >>> and we want to turn now to nicole mitchell on more on where the storm is headed. that storm is huge. >> it is. it has weakened a little bit as it goes over land as usually happens because it is cut off there that warm water source. and also hits friction as it goes over land. the final rain showers are moving out, but the system is still what we would consider a category 1 storm, down from what was a category 3, but now it's going to be reemerging into an area that has warm water. that adds fuel to

behind me is a shanty community where over 100 families live beside the river. when of the typhoon struck the river, over 6,000, 7,000 have been killed. they could have been avoided, and risks avoided if there was a better evacuation process that happened before then. after the typhoon the government said it's overhauling its disaster preparedness programme. communities continue live in vulnerable areas. a lot question whether the government is handling the crisis. >> still ahead on the programme on al jazeera. sri lanka is arresting refugees, instead of giving them asylum. >> and i'm in newfoundland where the unlikely kniption of fine arts -- combination of fine arts, high end tourism and culture is offering hope to a community once in decline. stuart! stuart! stuart! stuart! ♪ check it out. this my account thing. we can tweet directly toa comcast expert for help. or we can select a time for them to call us back. the future, right? ♪ this doesn't do it for you? [ doorbell rings, dog barks ] oh, that's what blows your mind -- the advanced technology of a doorbel

the government says it is improving its disaster preparedness program, but this shanty community is onet continue to live in the disaster zone. they are the most vulnerable. this man says he has been through this many times before, so he always braces for the worst. >> translator: what else can we do? when a typhoon hits we suffer. we endure. when it's over we just fix our homes again. i guess it's all right like that. >> reporter: people here say help from the government is just too slow in coming, and so they just rebuild on their own. doing the best they can, with what little they have. >>> mexican police have rescued 458 children believed to have been abused at a refuge for abandoned boys and girls. security forces raid a home after complaints from parents who weren't allowed to see their children. the owner and eight workers are being questioned. >> translator: among the tasks the children were required to perform, beg for money in houses at streets. eat food in poor conditions. sleep on the floor with pests. sexual abuse. babies born in the household were registered in the name of

shanty and we. we've witnessed of the fighting at the time when we were there shortly after the badman happened and today we came back to this village because they were funerals of these five year old boy and his father and three other residents and further questions out of five coffins today were closed because there were no bodies but actually pieces of. bodies. and on the way back from these through this from the funerals again the shelling started and one we think that this time tanks were used and one of the shells landed no more than thirty meters away for us when we were driving by so it becomes very dangerous to move here close the region and while we have a choice to go or not to go local residents those who decided to stay and leave the everyday life or those who decided to flee they don't have these choice and they have to move and they say that they fear more or more for their lives but it seems that not only local residents and ordinary civilians but those who are dissipated in the far

shanty. he picks shabang. john january is one of only four prisoners in primary source material right after the war that works trial and congressional itinerary. only four times does that phrase appear. and january literally says we called our shelter shabangs. and i'm sure he did. otherwise, it is remarkable. it's a very difficult read. >> yes, i wonder if you could tell us about the relationship between winder and sutton? sutton was very indifferent to him and didn't seem to take very many steps or even respond to his letters. >> the intention is once they're out of richmond, a sort of out of sight, out of mind sets in. and there's a very clear, cognitive disconnect as commanders at camp sumpter are writing to richmond saying we need this, we need this, we need this and nothing is happening. and inspectors come in and say they don't have this, this and this. at a certain point, what are you going to do? and so, i don't know to what extent exactly the relationship between sutton and winder, you know, where it

reporter: the government said it's improving its disaster preparedness program, but here in this shanty town they are the most vulnerable now that it's typhoon season. this man said he has been through this many times before so he braces for the worst. >> what else can we do? when a typhoon hits, we suffer, we endure. when it's over we just fix our homes again. >> reporter: people hearsay help from the government is just too slow in coming, so they just rebuild on their own, doing the best they can with what little they have. al jazeera, manila. >> china says it's ended drilling operations near the disputed islands in the south china sea. china moved an oil rig into the area in may. vietnam also claims part of the area. >>> 20 passengers have been injured after a south african airways flight experienced severe tour turbulenc turbulence. 165 passengers were on board. >>> the united nations security council has condemned a huge car bomb that killed 90 people at the market in eastern afghanistan. at least another 1505 were injured in the glass. jennifer glasse. >> reporter: the explosion d

. >> the government says it is improving its disaster-preparedness program, but this shanty communitye of the hundreds that continue to live in the disaster zone. they are the most vulnerable. this man says he has been through this many times before, so we always brace for the worsworst >> translator: what else can we do? we endure, and then fix our homes. >> reporter: people say help from the government is just too slow in coming, and so they just rebuild on their own. doing the best they can with what little they have. >>> let's get the latest on the typhoon from steph. >> before i tell you about the typhoon and where it is going let me give you the bad news for the philippines. we have been watching this area of cloud to the east of the philippines, and it appears to be developing into another tropical system. if so, it will be the second system to hit the philippines in just a few days. this area is one we are watching particularly closely. this it one of these bright white pockets that is moving its way towards the west. and towards the philippines. as to what has happened over t

. >> the government says it is improving its disaster preparedness program, but this shanty community is one of the hundreds that continue to live in disaster zones. they are the most vulnerable here in the philippines now that it's typhoon season. >> ramon has been through this many times before, so he always braces for the worst. >> what else can we do? when a typhoon hits, we suffer, we endure. when it's over, we fix our homes again. i guess it's all right like that. >> people here say help from the government is just too slow in coming, and so they just rebuild on their own, doing the best they can with what little they have. aljazeera, manila. >> for the latest on this storm as well as severe weather back at home, we turn to dave warren. >> the storm intensified rapidly before making landfall and it's weakened just a bit. a very powerful wind as it moved across the country here will reintensify before moving to northern vietnam over the next few days as well as parts of china. that is where the track will go by saturday. this is the forecasted track line moving over water and are