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The School at Bantar Gebang

February 3, 2010

Runner-up I
Agus Susanto

Through the window of a hut made of woven bamboo mats and corrugated tin roof, one can see the 72 children of different age groups concentrating on their books.

They are the children of scavengers who live day in and day out picking up recyclable items from mountainous garbage dumps. At Bantar Gebang on the edge of Bekasi, a community of 1,700 people make their living among rotten and stinking piles of trash. Inside this

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