Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Men Who Built the City

These are the slums of Abu Dhabi - labor camps which thousands of immigrant workers who built the UAE's shiny skyscrapers call "home". Where the exploited laborers are bussed daily between their work sites and the camps, that sit far away from the tourists' eyes. Many of the filthy facilities have been abandoned by their sponsors, leaving the workers with months of back wages, no water and electricity and no money to return back home.


In an abandoned R.H. Camp a man holds his court decision which says that his salary must be paid to him.



The only source of water is this rusted water dispenser, filled with non-potable underground water that gives the workers upset stomach.





Pictures courtesy of Saher Shaikh, founder of AdoptaCamp programme, one of the few which works to improve the lives of UAE laborers.

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