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Venezuelans trade junk for food Posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 Caracas - Men, women and children line up at a scale to weigh their loot: bags filled with old clothes and newspapers, bent bicycle wheels, rusted bed frames and discarded auto parts. The junk is tossed into trucks by city workers, and the people take tickets in return to redeem for food as part of an unusual government programme - carrying away bags of rice, cans of sardines and bottles of vegetable oil. "I think it's good people can hand in things they don't need for food, because that's what people need - food," said Maria Bonilla, a 50-year-old single mother who supports two children and a nephew working as a janitor. She and other Venezuelans who came to turn in their trash on Saturday in one Caracas slum said they felt grateful to President Hugo Chavez and his allied mayor, Freddy Bernal, who promote the programme as a way to clean up the streets while helping feed the needy. Full Article : news24.com |
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