Kenya: mothers and children scratching a living on Eldoret dump
Extreme poverty drives some Kenyans to scavenge through rubbish dumps for
materials to sell for recycling. At the main dump in Eldoret, a town in
Kenya’s Rift valley with a population of 280,000, people sift through
debris, despite the risks of disease and injury, and the threat of violence.
Even though primary education is free in Kenya, many children work at the
dumps to help support their family
* <
http://www.theguardian.com/profile/zoe-flood> Zoe Flood and
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http://www.theguardian.com/profile/louis-quail> Louis Quail
* Monday 1 September 2014 11.52 BST
At the main rubbish dump in Eldoret, western Kenya, several dozen men, women
and children sift through the town’s rubbish. They separate plastic, metal
and other materials that can be sold. Adults working on the site earn around
£1-1.30 a day for tiring work in highly unsanitary conditions. Children as
young as seven – some of whom have never attended school – work at the site
every day……………….
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