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Dirty Soap


Burkina Faso, Africa is one of the most impoverished countries worldwide. Yet resourcefulness and a will to survive have spawned an unlikely industry out of a grim circumstance. Groups of women and children earn a living by transforming dangerous toxic waste into soap they sell on the streets.

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