Children living in poverty work as rag-pickers all over the world to earn a living.
A boy scavenges garbage from a landfill at Benowo on March 7, 2014 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Children and women work at the landfill site everyday earning an average of USD $2.
(Photograph:Getty)
A Palestinian boy sifts through a garbage dump south of Hebron, West Bank. About 40 Palestinian men and children work at this garbage dump looking for clothing, metal and wood discarded, in large part, from the Jewish settlement in the region.
(Photograph:Getty)
A child works late into the night recycling garbage at the local dump, November 29, 2011, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Many children work part time in the dump to help support their families while attending school.
(Photograph:Getty)