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(Ashley Dubois) People, dogs, vultures and cows are
all just feeding off of the same food, the same nutrition.
(narrator) One hundred seventy-five families live in
or next to the La Chureca dump in Managua, Nicaraqua.
It is sustaining them and killing them.
(Ashley Dubois) Sixty-percent of the children that
are born here in the dump won't live past their fifth birthday.
(narrator) Thousands of people comb this garbage daily
for food and recyclables.
(Aaron Talbot) just to earn less than a dollar a day is pretty unbelievable.
(Nelson Ortiz) My corn is beautiful.
(narrator) After 25 years, Nelson Ortiz found a way out
thanks to Project Chacocente, organized six years ago
by a United Methodist missionary.
(Nelson Antonio Ortiz) When I was in Chureca I am very sad.
Sad because I no eat every day.
My son no drink milk.
Now in Chacocente I study; my children study; my wife,
she make bracelets, hammock.
I feel very, very happy.
(narrator) Eight families moved to Masaya...
with 40 acres for crops and homes.
There are classes, and a chance to learn a trade.
Nelson's brother Jose says moving here saved his life.
(Jose Ortiz) In Chureca, every week I was sick.
But now, I feel well.
(narrator) The project depends on volunteers like these from
Christ United Methodist Church in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.
They work with residents to plant food, lay floors for
the school, and enlarge houses.
(Maeve Kirby) There's a huge communication barrier but with
gestures, laughter and smiles, we can get the work done.
(Omar Hernandez) We can share and we can learn one from another.
(Resident) Thank you for all the work you did.
♪ (Group sings) ♪
(Nelson Ortiz) I love the people of the United States.
They are my friends. They are my friends.
♪ (Group Sings) ♪