Cairo

Cairo, originally uploaded by Emmanuel Smague.

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"Child of the World" at "Galerie 52" in Paris from May 2 to May 16, 2009.

For more informations about Cairo's ragpickers, see my set

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The children ragpickers often have no other choice but to help their parents in picking up the trash they process and resell to foreign companies. Most of them have received no formal education and are hence incapable of escaping that vicious circle. Some associations have understood that even though it may be impossible to prevent children from working it is nevertheless vital that they be given access to education.