Wastepickers account for approximately 1% of Delhi’s population, yet they are shunned and harassed by the rest of the Indian population for being part of the “untouchable” caste. This social and economic discrimination is especially difficult for the wastepicker children, most of whom do not attend school for lack of money to pay school fees and for uniforms andsupplies. Organizations like AP partner Chintan work to organize the wastepickers and provide essential services, while attempting to end the institutionalized discrimination and intolerance that wastepickers face every day. Read Mackenzie’s blog.