13 Banana workers



	Philippines Banana Workers 13 Soyapa Farms, Mindanao Previous Photo < > Next Photo Return to Banana Worker's Gallery
		13 Soyapa Farms, Mindanao At six in the morning, five children from 11 to 17 years old, huddle in a circle at one side of the Soyapa Farms packing shed. They flatten out and recycle the sheets of plastic which are inserted between banana bunches as they grow, to keep them apart. Children get 2 centavos for each sheet they save in the Soyapa Farms banana plantation in San Jose Campostela, Mindanao, in the Philippines. The families on the plantation are paid so little that children have to work to supplement family income. The plantation was created by Stanfilco, the Philippine subsidiary of Dole Corporation.

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