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LIFE AFTER SMOKEY MOUNTAIN

Living conditions are improving for people who once struggled to survive as scavengers in the infamous Smokey Mountain dumpsite in Manila, Philippines.

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By Asian Development Bank
June 15th, 2016
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Footnotes Photos by Lester Ledesma. Archive photo of Smokey Mountain by Ram Cabrera.

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