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In Argentina food’s expensive.
Last year, prices went up by 117 percent.
But wages aren’t going up.
Many women are searching dumpsters for food.
They want to feed their families.
Every week, Gladys Meza and Limpia Benitez travel to Buenos Aires' central market dumpsters.
40 percent of people are poor.
Some people collect food from rubbish bins.
There’s a lot of food waste.
The women aren’t embarrassed.
I am not cheap."
The women travel home with 20 kilograms of food.
They clean and prepare it.
Some food they can’t eat.
On the contrary, I feel good because I take it as a job, because in fact, we are also working, we make an effort to carry everything."
This food helps the women save US$30 a week.
Some of their friends clean houses.
They earn less money.
They’re looking for jobs.
They want more pay.
And food prices continue to go up.
The dumpsters are their only help.
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