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