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Indonesia: Children of landfill scavengers learn to dream big

Indonesia: Children of landfill scavengers learn to dream big

It is known as the "mountain of rubbish" - Indonesia's biggest landfill - sitting just outside the capital Jakarta.

About 7,000 people earn a living through the pile of waste, sifting through rubbish in unsanitary and unsafe conditions.

Extreme poverty makes it difficult for many families to imagine a different future for their children. But one school is trying to change that.

Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Bantar Gebang.

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