In this photo taken on March 10, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano paddles his borrowed makeshift craft made from styrofoam to fishing boats anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. Cavesirano, a grade five student, paddles to the anchored fishing boats and helps crew clean their nets, and in exchange collects leftover herring still tangled in the nets. After spending three hours in different boats he heads back to land and divides the catch up for his family's consumption with the rest sold to neighbours, earning around 100-150 pesos (2-3 USD) which he saves to support his school expenses. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano paddles his borrowed makeshift craft made from styrofoam to fishing boats anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano paddles his borrowed makeshift craft made from styrofoam to fishing boats anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. He has been doing this job since he was 10 years old. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano onboard his borrowed makeshift craft made from styrofoam arrives at a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano secures his borrowed makeshift craft made from styrofoam to a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. His grandmother, Remedios Santos, has said she is against him doing this work, because of the risks he faces on the water. “I told him it is dangerous”, says Santos. But he said: “Mama, other people won’t help us in life. So I will help you”. Santos, who is 55, still works as a scavenger. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano helps crew members with their nets onboard a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. “My back usually aches from paddling but I cannot stop. I have to continue because we need to eat”, he says. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano collects left over herring onboard a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano shows one of the fish he collected onboard a fishing boat anchored at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





In this photo taken on March 16, 2019, 13-year-old Reymark Cavesirano counts his “catch” of tiny fish outside his makeshift house in Navotas City in suburban Manila. “I want to reciprocate my grandparents’ kindness”, he says. “I want them to have a three-storey house made from concrete”. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)





Before dawn on March 10, 2019, Reymark carries his borrowed raft to the water as he prepares for another day of paddling out to the boats at anchor at the mouth of Manila Bay off Navotas City in suburban Manila. Across the Philippines, there are 5 million child labourers, aged between five and 17, many of them working in dangerous conditions. About 22 million people – a fifth of the population – live below the national poverty line. (Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP Photo)