INDONESIA | Saturday, 5 January 2013 | Views [282] | View Larger Image
One of the scavengers sitting on the rubbish quietly and working diligently to collect old shoe soles said, “The life in this place is pretty difficult indeed, I cannot get definite income every day and it depends on how hard I work collecting this stuffs.” Just using old rusty knife, dirty basket for putting the goods, and poor outfit with traditional hand-made straw hat on his head to prevent hot sun light hitting the face, he does his job patiently without any proper safety equipment like gas mask and rubber boots; the interesting matter is that he realizes living in this such environment shorten his life because the exposure of the gas causes chronic lung diseases, headache, harmful skin diseases and other similar health problems. “The fact is I must work in this way to sustain my family needs,” he said.
