Venezuelan children pick through garbage for food, valuables
JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ, Associated Press
March 10, 2021
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1of21Ronaikel Brito walks home with a sack of things he collected from the Pavia garbage dump that he can sell, on the outskirts of in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The 16-year-old began helping his mother Marbelis sift through garbage when he was five years old, following in the steps of his grandmother.Ariana Cubillos/APShow MoreShow Less
2of21Youths looking for valuable items in the trash to resell ride on the back of a garbage truck entering the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Annually, about 14% of the world’s food ends up in the garbage, even before it reaches the market, according to figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, but now in Venezuela, extremely high costs push people to reconsider what they throw away