Malayo

The lakeside stretch in the municipality of Angono, Rizal lay witness as the girl persists through nothing for a blessing. Her community is one among the most vulnerable to hazards of garbage and decay, one among the frequently inundated by floods in Laguna De Bay.

Now at COP 28, as the leaders and the most responsible gather on the other side of the far horizon, falling far from their promises. We are not here watching the Sun sink. We are here struggling to survive.