(this is the second part of this post)
(In January 2011, and thanks to the ICRC Young Reporter Competition, I had the fortune of visiting the ICRC mission in the Philippines to report on the situation of youth. This post is part of a series I wrote on this visit. Click here to see the rest of the posts.)
The second community we visited was larger than the first one. And, on this occasion, we focused on getting to know the young people in it. As you can see, there weren’t few of them!
Many of them were shy, but stood around to see what was going on. This group included this young girl who stood behind the fence of the gathering area to listen to what was being said. She turned and laughed when I pressed the shutter button on my camera.
Kids are kids anywhere you go, hm? These lovely people were having fun as we all spoke. To be four again!
We walked around to find more young people who’d be willing to tell us about their experience. For me, it was interesting to find out teenagers like this…
…hanging out with the younger ones in their community.
I had a good time learning about what matters to them, which I’ve covered in my article and in other blog posts.
And hey, how can you have a bad time when pretty ones pop in to say hi?
Or when you get to learn it all about play instruments devised by their users themselves!
Or when you get to participate in the gossip about the picture in that kid’s phone.
I was sad to leave this community. Having these three wave bye to us as we approached the car made it even more bittersweet.
But I loved, loved, getting to do this. And I hope you could get a glimpse of life in rural Maguindanao with these pictures!
Photo credits: © CICR/García Montes, Mariel
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