Kevin-Jorge has not seen his parents for many years.  His mother left him and his siblings for another man.  Shortly  thereafter, his father left them with their grandmother with the promise that he would return for them once he had found a stable job.  Kevin-Jorge’s father never returned.  Kevin-Jorge’s grandmother works in the market selling vegetables from 4 in the morning up until 10 in the evening.  Since the grandmother only makes P100.00 pesos ($2.00) a day she could not afford a baby sitter for her grandchildren. Everyday, from 4am up until  10pm, Kevin-Jorge would roam around the market.  The market where  Kevin-Jorge’s grandmother worked is located in Pag-asa a part of Olongapo City which is very notorious  of all the drug  pushers and addicts.  At a very young age Kevin Jorge was introduced to the world of street children.  Kevin-Jorge learned to beg, pickpocket and sniff glue.

    Kevin-Jorge, was used by the older street kids, boys in the neighborhood , and the drug pushers as their “runner”.  A “runner“ is what they call someone who delivers or buys the drugs for someone else.  Since Kevin-Jorge was so young and was so small the police would not very likely suspect him.  So around “Pag-asa” area Kevin-Jorge became known as their “runner”.  By the way Pag-asa means hope!