Plight of the Warao (21 images)

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In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in the Cambalache garbage dump, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in...
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  • Vultures scavenge the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao man collects aluminum cans at dawn at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. Many Warao start salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache as early as 4am. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao woman returns from bathing in the Orinoco river. Warao means, "people from the rivers edges". In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao camp on the edge of Cambalache. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in the Cambalache garbage dump, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Carolina Rojas searches through a heap of garbage at the Cambalache dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao woman searches through a heap of garbage at the Cambalache dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Raisa Beria, 25, eats discarded chicken found in trash bags from a local fast food chain at the Cambalache dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • The children of Raisa Beria, 25, eat discarded chicken found in trash bags from a local fast food chain at the Cambalache dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Members of the Warao indigenous community relax upon returning from their workday at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. Many Warao start salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache as early as 4am. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Flies swarm the dinner of a Warao family, that consists of food found in garbage heaps at the Cambalache dump in Ciudad Guayana in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Mirelis Zapata, 4, accompanies her mother, Nilda Zapata, 33, as she hangs laundry to dry on a clothes line in a Warao community in downtown Ciudad Guayana in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana.

  • Martin Marin, 45, (right) relaxes in a hammock in the Warao indigenous community after returning from his workday at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. Many Warao start salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache as early as 4am. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao woman holds her 6-day old baby boy, born in the camp where she lives under a plastic tarp supported by tree branches, with other Warao indigenous persons, on the outskirts of the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Yanira Gomez, 20, (left) feeds her four-month old baby, David, while resting with her husband, Cesario Gomez, 45, on a mattress they found in the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. Many Warao start salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache as early as 4am. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Avelio Naith, 10, in a red hat with the logo of the Venezuelan United Socialist party, reads a magazine at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living in working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao boy eats an orange his father, Ignacio de La Cruz, 37, found at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache, located minutes from downtown Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living in working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao girl drinks Pepsi in the camp where she lives under a plastic tarp supported by tree branches, with other Warao indigenous persons, on the outskirts of the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • Warao boys play in the Orinoco river close to the camp where they live with other Warao indigenous persons, on the outskirts of the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • A Warao girl collects aluminum cans at dawn at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. Many Warao start salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache as early as 4am. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

  • An elderly Warao woman collects aluminum cans at the Cambalache garbage dump in Ciudad Guayana, in northeastern Venezuela. In an effort to escape poverty, hunger and to be closer to health care facilities, approximately 300 Warao indigenous persons from the Delta Amacuro have settled in Ciudad Guayana. The Warao sustain themselves and their families by salvaging recyclables, clothing and discarded food in Cambalache. Although Warao community leaders say their quality of life is improved in comparison to the conditions in the Delta, the Warao are still plagued by hunger and diseases consequential of the unsanitary conditions of living and working in Cambalache.

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