Adults and Children Working Side-by-Side, Mae Sot Rubbish Tip
The rubbish dump community searches for glass, plastic and metals. Typically this earns individuals USD $1/2 per day. Thet Naing, headmaster of Sky Blue school built for the children at the dump, when asked why the migrants do not take jobs at the factories instead of working at the dump: “sometimes they can earn more than in the factories and they have more freedom. Sometimes the children work because their parents tell them that they have to but sometimes they work because it is more interesting to look in the rubbish and earn money than to come to school.”
