Photos From The Dump
These are powerful images, yet no photograph can accurately portray the conditions in the dump or the lives of those picking through the trash.
When looking at these images, you must try to put yourself, or your child, in their place. Add a searing stench and intense heat, and you will be one step closer to empathizing with how these people survive.
What can you really add to this photo? She deserves everything we can give her...
Of the more than 125 individuals surviving off of Oaxaca's garbage dump there are newborn babies through the elderly.
This is Jorge, age 11, picking through the trash for his survival.
This is blanca. Like any teenager she has dreams and aspirations. But her stark reality is beginning to come to light. Without our intervention, she will surely spend her life trying to survive off of the garbage dump...
These parents love their children as much as anyone can. But they simply cannot provide the life their children deserve. A garbage dump is no place to grow up.
