Inside, they suffer beatings, sexual abuse and torture as documented by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights. Angelico survived by his resilience and conviction that he was a good boy. The ...

The web feature, “Collateral Damage: The Children of Duterte’s ‘War on Drugs,’” shares stories on the plight of several children who have suffered from the emotional, psychological, and ...

As a child living in the Philippines, Kesz Valdez was beaten by his father, forced to make money to buy him drugs and alcohol. At 4, Kesz ran away to a dump site, struggling to stay alive.

In the Philippines the Dutch advocate group Terre des Hommes estimates that about 100,000 children are victims of sexual exploitation on the street, in brothels and via the internet.

Living off ‘what I can find in the garbage’ Another former street child, Jun Chura, ... There are estimated to be more than 1.5 million street children in the Philippines, ...

Some 70 children living in the cemetery attend the daycare, Amparo said, but there's only one volunteer teacher to teach all of them. She wanted to help the teacher, so she volunteered to care for ...

In the Philippines, reports of online sexual abuse of children have doubled in recent years. It's often family members facilitating the crimes.