Urban Scavengers都市流浪者,
Came from rural area, try to survive in Shanghai.
Wonder in crowded places在人潮拥挤的地方徘徊
These places are full of recyclable goods: bottles, cans, disposed batteries.
Food comes from random kindness
食物靠随机的好心人施舍
They have limited access to food, water, and other hygienic needs.
Homeless shelter are not ideal place
收容管理所不是理想的去所Homeless shelters posi?on themselves as temporary places. They are not welcoming for these people for long term staying.
NGO and churches provide occasional food
NGO和教会提供偶尔的食物
These helps don’t arrive everyday. Some?mes they will miss the food if they’re collec?ng garbage somewhere else.
Wounded fingers are very common
捡拾垃圾很容易让手受伤
They all suffer certain degrees of medical issues. There aren’t immediate help available. They usually just learn to live with it.
They feel they have no respect when interacting with other people.
Those random food may not be clean and they don’t come regularly.
They are suffering from different hygienic problems.
