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Since the pandemic forced him into remote learning, 10-year-old Jhay Ar Calma has often had to climb on to the corrugated iron roof of his home in a poor neighbourhood of Manila to get an internet signal.
Up on the roof, he sits on a broken plastic basin and hopes there ll be a signal strong enough for his government-issued device.
30 Oct 2020. Manila, Philippines. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez Parulan helps her Jhay as he prepares to take part in an online class. Sometimes we change the SIM card to a different provider so he doesn t have to study on the roof, but there s rarely enough money to spare for that, Calma s mother Jonalyn Parulan told Reuters.