Mansaka children in the town of Mainit wait for free school transport, provided by the large mining company, to bring them down the mountain to the nearest public school. The Mainit public elementary school was closed in 2012 after Typhoon Pablo and will not reopen as the area was declared uninhabitable by the government.

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