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Edwin Estioco

Edwin Estioco

Senior photojournalist for Compassion International in the Philippines, documenting children and families living through poverty and disaster for over 20 years.

Aug 5, 2026

12:00
Do you know what that is, the thing that does drive you, that compels you to want to be part of telling these kind of stories?
12:07
Yes, of course, the Lord.
12:10
Everything we do, I do, and our organization, my church do, is to... to highlight what the Lord is doing in our lives.
12:19
I mean, that's the end of everything that we do.
12:23
And that's always been my reason for doing things because I didn't grow up in poverty.
12:30
I mean, I thank God for that, but I see poverty all around me, even as a little kid.
12:36
So at an early age, I had a chance to help people, helping people around me, leading them to faith, telling them about the gospel, sharing about the Lord Jesus Christ, telling them about the Bible.

13 MINS LATER

25:24
What would you want us to know about what we're looking at, I suppose, that perhaps, you know, we may not see it right there in the image, but what would you like us to know as we receive the work that you're doing?

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