On Thursday afternoon we headed out to the Dole Philippines pineapple
plantations. Here we are standing in one of the endless pineapple
fields around Mount Matutum near Polomolok.
That evening we
went with Jennifer's mom to DARBCI, where she holds a prayer meeting every
Thursday night for the people of the area. This is a huge, 40
hectare field with small huts like these scattered around it.
All the dark
brown "earth" you see in the pictures is actually pineapple waste that the
Dole Philippines company has dumped around these peoples' homes.
There is an ongoing dispute between the people, who say they have
ownership of the property by a declaration of former president Aquino, and
Dole Philippines who has actually built a concrete wall around it and
dumps their waste there day and night.
I was really
intrigued by this little hut. It's one of the nicest in the area!
Very neat and tidy all around.