Mga batang nagmimina ng buhangin, tampok sa 'Front Row'

Sisid Buhangin
April 22, Lunes, 11:35pm pagkatapos ng Saksi

Sa pampang ng Davao River, nagbabanat ng buto ang magpinsang si Ramed, 12 taong gulang at Samir, 16 taong gulang. Sakay ng bangkang gawa sa bakal, binabaybay nila ang ilog upang humanap ng lugar kung saan sila sisisid at magmimina ng buhangin. Dala ang pangsalok,  unti-unti nilang hinuhukay ang itim na buhangin sa ilalim ng rumaragasang ilog. Pagmimina ng buhangin na raw ang kanilang nakagisnan na ikinabubuhay din ng karamihan sa kanilang lugar. Tunghayan ang kanilang kuwento sa Front Row, Lunes, April 22, 11:35pm pagkatapos ng Saksi.

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Underwater Sand Miners

Along the murky waters of Davao River, children dive every day to mine black sand. One of these young men is “Ramed, a 12-year old boy, who belongs to the Kagan tribe of Davao del Sur. He dives with Ramed, his 16-year old cousin, to fill up a flat metal boat that they rent with sand that they mine from the bottom of the riverbed. The water is deep and dirty, the sand very heavy when went, and the bottom of the river dangerous to navigate because it has almost zero visibility. Yet, everyday they come here to mine the sand for local and foreign buyers. Jay-R hopes to be able save up enough to go back to school in the next school year.