SLEEPING QUEENS
This is a series of portraits resulting from the "Women of the dump" project, which is the story of women and their families who live thanks to the largest landfills in the city of Bujumbura.
Most are either widowed or abandoned by their husbands.
They earn their living by collecting charcoal, bones, plastic bottles, basins and plastic seals, scrap metal which they resell and manage to collect more or less 2000 Fbu/day, or about 1 dollar. US/day.
On the other hand, they feed directly from the landfill (if they are lucky of course).
They are queens. Strong in their tenacity in the face of adversity, they face the ups and downs of everyday life on their own and manage, for better or worse, to take care of their offspring, to take care of their family.
Managing to live with nothing is a miracle, and women in the dump live it every day. These are queens who are asleep at the moment.
Most are either widowed or abandoned by their husbands.
They earn their living by collecting charcoal, bones, plastic bottles, basins and plastic seals, scrap metal which they resell and manage to collect more or less 2000 Fbu/day, or about 1 dollar. US/day.
On the other hand, they feed directly from the landfill (if they are lucky of course).
They are queens. Strong in their tenacity in the face of adversity, they face the ups and downs of everyday life on their own and manage, for better or worse, to take care of their offspring, to take care of their family.
Managing to live with nothing is a miracle, and women in the dump live it every day. These are queens who are asleep at the moment.
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