The Beyond Borders TV series sees six young Emirati nationals travel to the Philippines to live and work alongside local families, airs every Friday on MBC1. Throughout the series, Beyond Borders documents the adventures of the cast Ahmed Al Ghurair; Salem Al Marar; Mohammed Al Ameri; Fatima Abdulrahman; Tasneem Al Naqbi and Mariam Al […]
The Beyond Borders TV series sees six young Emirati nationals travel to the Philippines to live and work alongside local families, airs every Friday on MBC1. Throughout the series, Beyond Borders documents the adventures of the cast Ahmed Al Ghurair; Salem Al Marar; Mohammed Al Ameri; Fatima Abdulrahman; Tasneem Al Naqbi and Mariam Al Kuwaiti – as they experience life with Filipino Families. Their journey will see them work in industries across the Philippines and join in with inspirational charitable programs taking on board the valuable lesson that ordinary people can make a difference to society.
In last weeks episode, the cast trekked through forests and experienced a waterfall for the first time in their lives. Following on their adventure, they sampled the local cuisine and made their own ice cream.
The young Emirati men and women continue their journey through the Philippines, this week encountering a different side of life by visiting some of the poorest areas of the Philippines.
On this weeks agenda is a trip to an innovative furniture store which produces items made entirely from used wood, preventing excessive cutting of trees. This unconventional store gives the Emiratis an insight into the usefulness and benefits of reusing and recycling.
The team embarks on a trip to Tondo, one of the most deprived districts of the capital city, Manila. This area contains a vast open dump site in which many poverty-stricken Filipino families live and work. Here the Emiratis visit a school for the local children constructed entirely from iron shipping containers reclaimed from the landfill. They put their craft skills to use by making jewellery and accessories out of items collected from the landfill. The profits of this unique business are put back into the running of the school and help give those living in Tondo a better quality of life.