Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Babul-Lalu-and-Tariq-Aziz-from-Karachi-27MZIFL68IZF.htmlConceptually similarGold Smelter Mohammed FahimGP01J9KCompleted★★★★Shajawal Works in a Plastics Scrap YardGP01J9TCompleted★★★★★★Zaboor Khan Separating E-Waste in his WorkshopGP01J8ZCompleted★★★★★★Zaboor Khan in His Workshop with E-WasteGP01J9NCompleted★★★★Abu Bakr and Asad Ali Work in a Scrap Yard with Plastics and E-WasteGP01J9ECompleted★★★★Teenager has Black Hands from Burning E-Waste in KarachiGP01J9PCompleted★★★★Omar Sahrif Works with E-WasteGP01J92Completed★★★★★★Ehsam Emad and Wasim Khan Collect Metals Near the Lyari River.GP01J8WCompleted★★★★The Lyari Riverbed is Used as a Garbage DumpGP01J8XCompleted★★★★View AllGP01J9HBabul Lalu and Tariq Aziz from KarachiBabul Lalu (19) and Tariq Aziz (18).Tariq went to school but quit after fourth grade. His teachers bullied him for not wearing the proper school uniform and shoes, but Tariq did not have the money to buy these. He would love to get an education and a good job so he could get his family a good house in a better neighbourhood. However, he cannot afford it on 200 rupees a day. He says "My heart is full of dreams but nothing will come of it". His mother does not allow him or his brothers to go outside after work hours because she is afraid they will use drugs. Luckily, the gangs are not so strong where Tariq lives, he says.Locations:Asia-Karachi-Lyari-PakistanDate:14 Aug, 2008Credit:© Robert Knoth / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4500px X 4500pxRestrictions:No FundraisingKeywords:Children-Electronic waste-Electronics-Footwear-KWCI (GPI)-Poverty-Shanty towns-Toxics (campaign title)-Waste disposalShoot:Toxics E-Waste Documentation in PakistanIn the Karachi district of Lyari, hundreds of workers, including teenage children, earn their livelihoods by dismantling electronic scrap and extracting valuable components such as copper to sell. This is an insight into the personal cost of e-waste. Thousands of tons of e-waste such as discarded PCs, mobile phones and TVs, are dumped in Africa and Asia every year. Greenpeace research shows that some of this waste is exported from Europe to Pakistan.
