My God,  this is heartbreaking. Gambian children scarvenging for food in
garbage dumps and beinf abandoned by their parents? It sounds like a tale
from  another planet and yet, it is true. I am crying as I read this.

Jabou Joh

In a message dated 4/23/03 7:41:12 AM Central Daylight Time,
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> The Independent (Banjul)
> April 22, 2003
>
> Posted to the web April 22, 2003
> Banjul
> In recent months the Bakoteh dumping site has become the scene for
> food scavenging by children as young as eight, who said they have
> been encouraged to go there by their scavenging friends.
> A fresh gang of dirty and haggard-looking children who were busy
> scrambling for food discarded in a blue plastic bag and thrown on one
> of the huge mound of rubbish at the site said they were happy to be
> at the site and have got used to playing on it and searching for
> discarded food items.
>

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