01 Banana workers



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		01 Soyapa Farms, Mindanao Jane Algoso, 11 yearrs old, cuts dead fronds from the trunks of banana trees 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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