A woman with child packs the charcoal for just a few cents a bag, Manila, Philippines, 25 December, 2017.

Despite being banned in many districts, illegal charcoal harvesting continues secretly within many of ManilaÕs outer suburban slums.
Just a few kilometres from ManilaÕs city centre the poorest of the slum familiesÕ risk their lives to make just a few pesos in the illegal charcoal making business in appalling conditions.