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Awareness
When my niece returned from a volunteer trip to Bali, Indonesia, she told me something that made me freeze: children are living inside landfills. I was shocked, devastated, and couldn’t believe it. I had never heard of this. I began researching and discovered thousands of children living and working in the most disgusting, dangerous, and toxic places: surrounded by rotting food, human waste, hospital trash, syringes, and hazardous materials—the worst of what the world discards.
I asked everyone around me if they knew—no one did.
That moment became my calling, and the moment is now. This is an emergency - not only to save the lives of these children but also to give them the dignity they deserve.
Isabel Echeverry - Founder of GALA Children
Why Now
The world is in a time of unprecedented wealth, yet thousands of children live among our waste. This issue is invisible to most, but it is urgent. With growing environmental crises and deepening inequalities, the time to act is now.
This film will ignite a global conversation and a movement.
The wealthiest 1% of the global population control nearly half of the world’s wealth, with their combined net worth exceeding $250 trillion. Relocating all families with children living in landfills worldwide, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of people, would require a fraction of this wealth. A comprehensive relocation plan, including purchasing safe land, building sustainable villages, transportation, new clothing and furniture, healthcare, food security, and a fully equipped school in each village, could conservatively cost $5 to $10 billion globally. This estimate would cover the creation of entire self-sufficient communities with proper infrastructure and ongoing support. For perspective, this amount represents less than 0.005% of the wealth held by the top 1%, highlighting that solving this humanitarian crisis is financially achievable with a minimal redistribution of resources.
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