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Children from a very young age assist with the sorting of recyclable items to onsell.

Washing and recycling plastics is the biggest source of revenue for these families in a nation where jobs are scarce and most of the population lives in extreme poverty.

A treat - fresh bread from a bakery!

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"Despite marked improvements for millions of slum-dwellers worldwide over the last decade, the number of people living in urban squalor was still rising and must be addressed through global action"- UN-Habitat

children living in the dump had dangerous heavy metals in their metabolisms.

“We live in hell because we have no choice.”

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