Having seen the horrifying reports of the flooding via facebook from my friends in Mumbai, I wanted to honour the beautiful people I met there by sharing photos of some of those I met in Dharavi. Read More
Dharavi, is the 3rd largest slum in the world made famous by the film ‘Slum dog millionaire’. The amazing inhabitants of the slum have carved a living from recycling other peoples’ trash and selling it back to the companies who produced it so they can refill, remold or melt down.
As I hope you can see from my photos the inhabitants for Dharavi have dignity and pride in their work and life in the slum. I hope they have all made it through the flooding but I fear their homes were not safe places to be.