India - Train Children of Jaipur

A youngster carries a bag filled with the bottles he raided from the last train that stopped at the train station in Jaipur. He will now sell the bottles and the process begins again when the next train arrives. Children, some who have run away from their families, find themselves living homeless on the train tracks waititng for the next train to arrive at the train station in Jaipur, India. Once the train arrives they raid the train looking for plastic bottles that they can then sell. Most will make about $1.50/day but spend most of it on glue which they are most addicted to.

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A youngster carries a bag filled with the bottles he raided from the last train that stopped at the train station in Jaipur. He will now sell the bottles and the process begins again when the next train arrives. Children, some who have run away from their families, find themselves living homeless on the train tracks waititng for the next train to arrive at the train station in Jaipur, India. Once the train arrives they raid the train looking for plastic bottles that they can then sell. Most will make about $1.50/day but spend most of it on glue which they are most addicted to.