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Headline: Devastating Images Display Horrendous Conditions Ragpickers In India Encounter

Caption: dpatop - 18 January 2021, India, Neu Delhi: Ten-year-old Shekh Zahid shows the money he earned after selling recyclable items while collecting garbage at the Bhalswa garbage dump. The fourth-grader from Malda in West Bengal, whose father works as a rickshaw driver, started working during the October 2020 lockdown as schools were closed. His family sent him to Delhi to stay with an uncle who was already working as a rag picker. Shek earns 150 rupees, about 1.70 euros, a day by collecting recyclable material at the garbage dump.

Keywords: Labour,human rights,Work,International,Children,Switzerland,India,Ragpickers,Garbage,Waste,Garbage collectors,dirt,Dump,Child labour,poor,Poverty,Child poverty

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