Donkey carts used to collect household garbage in Bamako

In Mali’s capital, Bamako, donkeys are being put to work picking up garbage. Yacouba Diallo uses two donkeys, Keita and Kanté, to pull his cart around the city.

It is drowning in waste, and he is one of many people paid by directly by households to collect their trash, earning up to $165 a month.

And donkey carts are a more affordable transport method than motorised vehicles.

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