The Art of Recovery: A Johannesburg Reclaimer’s Story
Ernestine Mohloboli, a former artist who now makes a living collecting waste in Johannesburg, has long been a proponent of organizing reclaimers....
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Sewing the Seams: Cape Town Homeworkers Pull Together as COVID-19 Halts Earnings
Homeworkers in the garment industry are the most vulnerable and exploited link in the supply chain and Cape Town homeworker Chevonne Jacobs...
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Undeterred in the Face of a Crisis: Profile of a Market Trader in Durban, South Africa
A determined advocate in the struggle for traders’ rights, Romilla Chetty was desperate to get her trading stalls at Durban’s Warwick Junction...
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View from the Mountain: A South African Waste Picker’s Uphill Battle during COVID-19
When COVID-19 hit, it was South African waste picker Justina Kgoele’s resourcefulness that got her through the worst of the crisis....
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WIEGO lamenta la pérdida de Guillermo Pérez
La comunidad que anida para el trabajo de WIEGO en Perú – que incluye miembros del equipo de WIEGO, socios, dirigentes y miembros de...
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WIEGO Mourns the Loss of Guillermo Pérez
The community in which WIEGO’s work in Peru is rooted, which includes WIEGO team members, partners, leaders and members of workers’...
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Location, Location, Location: The Life of a Refugee Street Barber in Durban, South Africa
Choma Choma Nalushaka made an arduous journey from war-torn Congo to South Africa—then waited years for his family to join him. He has established...
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Gaining Ground: The Cooperative Life of a Smallholder in Uganda
With lives and livelihoods governed by so many forces beyond their control, women coffee producers like Jenipher Wettaka know it takes more...
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God is My Alarm Clock: A Brazilian Waste Picker’s Story
The story of an informal worker, Mrs. Maria Brás, who was a tireless force in the struggle of waste pickers in Brazil to overcome persecution...
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Deus é meu Despertador
Série Vida dos Trabalhadores. Dona Maria Brás foi uma força incansável na luta das cooperativas de catadores brasileiros contra a perseguição...
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