A heart-warming video of a five-year-old girl guiding her blind father to work has gone viral. The girl’s father Nelson Pepe, also known as ‘Dodong’, works on a coconut farm in the Philippines for around $9 per. His young daughter Jenny happily helps him walk to work every day by guiding him along with a stick, ABS-CBN reported. Scroll down for video.Mr Pepe is paid about 300 pesos (AU$9) a day for climbing up to 60 coconut trees for a farm. The video was captured by Rhuby Capunes and uploaded to her Facebook page on June 10. It has since had over 2 million views. The footage shows Jenny holding one end of a long stick as her father supports the other. She uses the stick as a guide, walking barefoot through the farm in a present yourself. The pair stop for a deal and Jenny hands dad a drink of water before he starts work. After the video gained international attention the ABS-CBN Foundation visited Mr Pepe and Jenny in the Belgium. The foundation hopes to relocate the family to a safer environment.
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