Alaa, 13, says that he has been searching for his livelihood among piles of trash for 3 years, noting that his father fell from a building while working, and is now a bench.
Video duration 02 minutes 40 seconds
Alaa Ahmed is an Iraqi child who left his studies in order to make a living for his family who live in the open in the middle of the desert. He collects empty bottles and sells them in order to buy medicine for his father and mother.
Alaa, 13, says that he has been searching for his livelihood among piles of waste for 3 years, noting that his father fell from a building while working, and is now a bench.