How would you like to live in this neighborhood? The folks that live here are probably very near the bottom of the socio/economic scale in Jakarta. They make their living by sorting through the garbage and saving what might be recycled for some cash. I know that we have waste management companies that do the same thing on a very large scale, but the people that work for the waste management compaies get paid more than a minimum wage. These folks in Jakarta work only for what they can salvage - plastic, paper. We don't show any children in these photos, but sometimes the children also sort through the trash to supplement the family income. Very few of these children have time for normal play with other children or time for an education. The people that live in these houses pictured here are probably squating on government property. The make-shift houses are built with materials they have salvaged from the dump. These are not pretty pictures and to see them in person tears your heart out."83% of the garbage produced in Jakarta is collected by the local community, scavengers, the local government and the private sector. The remaining 17% is thrown into the rivers." (a quote from the internet)
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