Every day I see this particular family come to work.
Their office: The local garbage dumping ground.
Their job: From morning till evening they rummage through the pile of rubbish looking for, I think, scraps of metal and other stuff, which they can later sell, to earn a day's meal.
No of workers:Two men and two women.Mostly it is a family venture. But on odd days you can see a friend or neighbor join them in the scavenging.
The kid: Obviously, they cannot afford a nanny, so they bring the child to work. And the garbage dump becomes the child's disney land. She is happy playing in the dirt (literally), jumping, skipping and sliding on the mound of silicon valley waste.
The stench sometimes is unberable. But the family, I think has gotten used to it by now. I see them laugh, share jokes, sometimes even eat lunch sitting on that pile of garbage. Making the most of the moment.
For them it's just another work day.
Just another day of scavenging in the dumps for a livelihood.
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