Extreme poverty drives some Kenyans to scavenge through rubbish dumps for materials to sell for recycling. At the main dump in Eldoret, a town in Kenya’s Rift valley with a population of 280,000, people sift through debris, despite the risks of disease and injury, and the threat of violence. Even though primary education is free in Kenya, many children work at the dumps to help support their family
At the main rubbish dump in Eldoret, western Kenya, several dozen men, women and children sift through the town’s rubbish. They separate plastic, metal and other materials that can be sold. Adults working on the site earn around £1-1.30 a day for tiring work in highly unsanitary conditions. Children as young as seven – some of whom have never attended school – work at the site every day.
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