It's a street life: Manila's homeless find shelter in pushcarts

Maricel Abawag and her son resting inside their pushcart 'home' next to a residential condominium building in Quezon City, suburban Manila in the Philippines. Pushcarts, known as karitons, are a common sight in the city of more than 13 million people. Often made from scraps of wood, the human-powered carts are used as shelter, storage and a source of income, such as collecting trash to sell to recyclers. - AFP

MANILA, Dec 2, 2022 (AFP): Like thousands of homeless people in the Philippine capital Manila, Maricel Abawag and her son used to sleep on flattened cardboard boxes laid out on footpaths. Then they got a pushcart.

Pushcarts, known as karitons, are a common sight in the city of more than 13 million people.