Women sort and wash plastic bottles and other pieces of plastic for recycling ahead of taking a literacy class on October 12, 2009 held at the rubbish dump of Ougadougou. The classes, taken after a day's toil, to educate women in a bid to eleviate problems linked to their daily lives. The women are taught to read and write in Moore, a dialec spoken by the majority ethnie in Burkina Faso the Mossi, or in French. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

Women sort and wash plastic bottles and other pieces of plastic for recycling ahead of taking a literacy class on October 12, 2009 held at the rubbish dump of Ougadougou. The classes, taken after a day's toil, to educate women in a bid to eleviate problems linked to their daily lives. The women are taught to read and write in Moore, a dialec spoken by the majority ethnie in Burkina Faso the Mossi, or in French.

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