The Covid-19 pandemic has upended millions of lives globally, most especially the lives of children. School closures ended in-person learning and gave way to blended and modular learning. Because of this 2.7 million children in the Philippines did not enroll during the pandemic. If they’re not in the classrooms, where have they gone to? Atom Araullo investigates. In June 2021, the International Labour Organisation released its newest data that child labour cases have risen worldwide in the last four years after two decades of steady decline. Further exacerbating these numbers is the pandemic. In the Philippines, where unemployment rates continue to fluctuate during the pandemic, children have entered jobs from vending on the streets, pushing trolleys along railways, and even diving for gold. Atom Araullo meets the children who put their lives at stake to help their families survive.