Pakistan's Kids Work As Garbage Collectors To Make Ends Meet

Huffington Post by Zeinab Khan | Aug. 7, 2009 (News)

For eight-year-old Hayatullah and Abdul Haq, the day begins early in the morning. They take a wagon down to Islamabad from Faizabad (the main gateway between the twin Pakistani cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad), where they, amongst several others, begin their work rummaging and sifting through heaps of garbage, lying on the floor, or, in dumpsters.

Their large, intelligent bright eyes stare at me as I ashamedly, and, as subtly as possible, turn ... Full Story »

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 by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 7, 2009

Informative report about the lives of young garbage pickers in Islamabad, Pakistan. The author follows a couple children on a typical day and provides factual details on their tough living conditions and their daily struggle against poverty and corruption. More independent sources would have helped this report, as well as more context to relate this particular story to the larger global issues faced by children in the developing world. A moving and insightful article from one of Huffington Post's citizen reporters from their Spotlight on Pakistan program.

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