The Slum

Lives are lost and homes and busi­ness­es de­stroyed when a trop­i­cal storm hits the Philip­pines.

Faced with dai­ly hard­ships, mak­ing a liv­ing is the only way most Ton­do res­i­dents can en­sure they will sur­vive.

Find lo­cal broad­cast times for Al Jazeera’s se­ries about Ton­do, a set­tle­ment in Mani­la.

How res­i­dents of Mani­la’s Ton­do slum live, love, sur­vive and as­pire in some of the world’s tough­est liv­ing con­di­tions.