The living conditions are brutal right next to the Phnom Penh Dumpsite though some of these photos may not look too bad.
But they can not transmit the nagging smell and those thousands of flies, flees and other insects that jeopardize the health of a few hundred waste pickers, who are permanently exposed to the burning heat and massive rain floods that convert their area into a muddy swamp and high level humidity.
The life of a waste picker in Phnom Penh consists out of bringing large amounts of poorest left over litter to a small provisional settlement right next to the rapidly growing garbage mountain.
Also women and infants are a part of an endless job that earns a whole family often not more than $30 per month under unbearable living conditions.
