Saturday, November 8, 2014

Mentally ill people found chained by families and left to die after typhoon Haiyan – video | World news | The Guardian

I will be interested to see if they do any type of follow-up reporting on this story in the future.
"[F]ilmed and directed by Simon Rawles and produced by Vishva Samani, shows mentally ill people shackled in cages by their families in the Philippines. Their situation was revealed by local organisations searching for vulnerable survivors in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan. They were shocked to find one man who had been trapped by his family for 16 years; he had been left to die. Another six people were found in the town of San Remigio, northern Cebu, where this film is shot "
Mentally ill people found chained by families and left to die after typhoon Haiyan – video | World news | The Guardian

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