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Cleaning Myanmar's waters with Yangon's 'river cleaners'

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Once again, Ma Yu launches her makeshift polystyrene boat into a Yangon creek, ready for another day of trawling its filthy waters for plastic and tin cans. Floating along other "river cleaners", they are gathering recyclable materials to sell to traders, their only source of income since losing their jobs following the 2021 military coup that upended the economy and sparked widespread unrest in Myanmar.

Added on the 08/02/2023 20:49:09 - Copyright : AFP EN

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