How Rust Collectors In Indonesia Risk Their Lives To Survive | Risky Business
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- A group of widows off Jakarta Bay collects scraps of rusted metal that break off from ships and float to the shoreline. They're part of Indonesia's green shipping boom, but they barely earn enough to feed their families.
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Honestly had a bad day at work..but after watching this video and the ladies slogging through toxic waste and hazardous working conditions all for $2-3 for a single day,
I don't think i had a bad day at all.
I wish fortunes and blessing to all of the people working in such conditions.
Amen.
America’s youth has it much harder. That’s why we had to bail out even the college grads. Poor things would have starved.
@@cuzr702 Nothing sadder than seeing Americans snipe at each other, especially when it’s some old fart denigrating “kids these days”. You’d think seeing a video like this would put things in perspective, but no…you felt the need to attack your own people. 😔
@@jacksons1010 Don’t ask me to bail out spoiled brats and I won’t make fun.
@@cuzr702 You're not making fun; you're projecting "crabs in a barrel" self-defeatism, where God forbid somebody other than yourself gets a leg up in this world. You're tearing down, not building. You're pretending nobody ever gave you any head start in life so gee whiz you're going to do whatever you can to make sure nobody else gets help either. And you're pretending that YOU are somehow paying out of pocket when you're not spending a dime of your own money. Delusional, hateful, toxic anti-American sentiments that are altogether too common nowadays.
The amount of ppl in this world who, despite given no oppertunity contiunes on and are grateful for what they have is astonishing.
makes you think....I got alot to be grateful for...
@@rednecksondefinitely an eye opener
When you have almost nothing it is easy to see what you have, what you NEED, and to be grateful for it.
When you have more than enough, you cannot see what you need, you only see what you desire, and be bitter for it's absence.
The truth however is that she has an opportunity that more wealthy people turn away from. Her struggles, her suffering, is all worth it because it benefits her family. Instead more wealthy women are taught to sacrifice family for career, even that they have no rights of they cannot terminate "unplanned" family members. hope for the future, particularly for the future of your family members is often overlooked.
people say things when cameras are pointed at them to be polite and to seem like a good person, not because they are telling you what they really think. it is not polite to complain in public in many cultures. research shows that people are much happier in wealthier nations where they have access to better education and health care.
@@perfectallycromulent no, the research does not actually show that, it simply *assumes* it... Or it shows that people are happier in second and third world countries. You have to look at how the information is actually gathered and processed, not just what the summary of the paper says.
My grandma lived in Indonesia as a little girl, and she was raised by her grandma, who had to scrape a living off the streets selling cookies door to door. For the poor, it is an incredibly hard life.
It's hard being poor literally everywhere.
@@SupaL33tKillara poor person in the USA lives a life of luxury compared to a poor person in a country such as Indonesia.
@@SupaL33tKillar those aren't poor, those are drug addicts and people with extreme mental issues.
@@PoeticSonic the reach is palplating. Large parts of the US have slums worse than the poorest parts in many Asian countries. Even in Europe cities like Liège are literal hell hole. Gtfo , being poor is relative.
@@SupaL33tKillaryou seriously compared US to Indonesia? we don’t have homeless shelter, no free money for being poor, even water is not free, why do US people can’t handle when someone is struggling more? you always have that “it’s hard for us too” as if you can compare
This is so sad and inhumane. When I saw her sitting there in that polluted water, it made me mentally imagine my own Mother being forced to do that sort of work just to survive. Most people wouldn't even treat an animal this poorly and yet so many people have to suffer through these sorts of conditions everyday!
That's capitalism for you.
@@Rig0r_M0rtis"That's capitalism for you." … and also every other economic system to date. Overall capitalism has resulted in far more innovation and increased human welfare than any other system to date. We still don't have anywhere near a perfect system, but people alive today live in a far more prosperous and actually, believe it or not, a far more peaceful world than at any other point in human history.
We have to learn to step outside our own comfort zones and share.
@@dannytourigny9403 The increased human welfare you are talking about did NOT come from capitalism lol. its because of socialist ideologies brought by the poeple for the poeple. removing chiuodren from mines, welfair, minimum wage, unions etc.. those things don't exits because of capitalism, they exist because the poeple faught against capitalism.
But this life is better than war
I have nothing but the most outright respect for these women. Oh my heart goes out to them, I lost my mom almost 2 years ago now and my life forever changed, I know the pain of having to trek on without your loved ones. I know the pain of feeling sick, how you feel cursed to just open your eyes and exist. Life just ain't fair, what a cold world we live in. It's crazy how many different ways a pair of eyes can see this world. God bless them
I make mine your words.
Why do her Children not work?
She could make Doughnuts no need to do this!
You have been fooled by the mass media and the education system 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
@@irenedavo3768yeah that's what I was wondering as well! The first lady has grandkids and is 63. Her children are adults and yet none of them have a job? It specifically said she supports her three children. I would be ashamed of myself if my old and widowed mother had to do dangerous backbreaking work to support me when I was capable of doing it myself.
I'm Indonesian, felt so sad to watch this. Money is sometimes extremely hard to earn in the country. We do a hard work every single day but we only get a small amount of money. That's the poor reality we face in undeveloped country.
American living abroad in Vietnam now. It angers me everyday knowing how little my coworkers get paid. Sure, I have a foreign education and they cannot themselves do what I was hired for, but some of them are "close enough" it would be suitable for my setting. I've traveled all around in recent years. It is maddening that even after covid and seeing the RANSOM stolen from all of us through corporations and abuse of our governments that things went right back. We should all be doing what France is doing, we need to nail the suits to a proverbial cross and take back what was STOLEN from us all. Best wishes, I can only hope for a better future . . . no matter how grim it currently looks for all of us.
@@WhatWillYouFind If's time for guillotines. In real life not Minecraft.
As fellow Indonesian that's just Normal things in third world country
toran, sadly, the fact is that people get the society that they work for. Most people make poor choices.
Poor and uneducated in a corrupt & superstitious society. Not only Indo., but in many struggling countries.
I'm constantly amazed at the resilience that so many people have despite being in some of the worst situations.
Because those who didn't make it, died. Please don't be amazed, please be ashamed, for not helping them out.
Your words are equivalent to saying "I'm amazed that humans can take that much hurt and not die" to a deadly wounded person. The right reaction is to call the ambulance.
@@yren3386 🤣
@@yren3386 Just because you can simply say it doesnt mean they can do/afford it. Call an ambulance when they are struggling for money?
And what is that way of helping youre talking about? Did you do it before writing this comment? Hmm?
@@uberkiwi7219 I donate to charities every year. I feel sorry and powerless for not being able to help more.
Whether you helped anyone or not, that's okay, you can help whenever you are able to, with whatever you can afford to.
However, I don't see it okay to be amazed. These people are suffering. They strived to survive. They are not anyone's amazement.
@@uberkiwi7219 if you can't afford an ambulance, at least call for help or say sorry can't help. But being amazed? No.
I just do t understand why her kids and children in laws aren’t helping her more instead of her having to help all of them. But maybe they can’t find good jobs either. All I do know for a fact is that this woman is absolutely lion hearted and so tough and amazing. And obviously has such a big giving heart. Bless her and I hope that someday she gets to have more time to enjoy all the fruits of her labor
The video states that all her children work, but she chooses to work to help out on all the bills.
@@icameisaws4829 That's the other widow. Datri, the main widow featured, the one whose husband often beat her up when he was alive, continues to work because her sons need the financial support. The daughter-in-law with the baby, admitted that they need her income to help them get by. And Datri also had to sell a gold ring so that her other son could pay rent.
You would think that her sons would be able to support themselves and their children, as they would be young and presumably fit and able. Or their wives - don't they work? They're young and don't have the stigma of being widows so it should bw far easier for them to find some kind of work. It's just not sustainable for Datri's adult children to be reliant upon financial help from their mother. She's in her 60s and has worked in dangerous conditions for many years, so her physical condition is probably a lot worse than other 60ish women. She might be forced to stop working altogether soon, or could pass away from illness.
She is the main breadwinner and earns 2$ a day.
I dont think the kids are working
This made me cry, I wish I could find her and help her.
If you're so poor that you and your wife live with your mother, who scavenges toxic waste to support you, maybe hold off on having a child 🙄 So stupid.
they should be rewarded for somehow helping to clean up the environment from metal waste
Agreed, because we know BI didn't pay her or anyone else for their interviews.
@@GM-qq1wi I bet they actually offer a small amount of cash so they don't have a lot of people decline. Just $10, 5 days of her pay, surely would instantly convince her to take the interview.
@@GM-qq1wi why dont you think that? BI can afford to pay and if you ask to interview someone, that's time taken from their day.
@@kaynkayn9870 and @tylernorby4939 the problem with paying interviewees is that it compromises neutrality, in that you may induce tall tales by offering to pay for the interview as such. (We know this issue from paid informants for law enforcement, for example.) I think it’s eminently reasonable to compensate them for any losses incurred (lost wages, travel costs, etc.). With that said, I wouldn’t be surprised if many journalists end up helping out anyway, perhaps after the fact, perhaps after publishing to make it a bit less of a direct payment.
lol wtf
That's not true, there is no wide superstition in Indonesia about widows being bad luck, the reasons why widows in Indonesia find it difficult to find jobs especially those coming from low income families are the lack of skills. It's common for lower income families to ignore education especially those of the older generation. It's common for women to have a mindset that they don't need higher education because they can rely on their husbands, but this is slowly changing. Jakarta itself has massive problems in every aspect. The government should provide training, make business loans on a small scale easier and accessible and regulate immigration in Jakarta.
Edit: about the widows being bad luck in Indonesia, there are stigmas about widows and divorcees that are ridiculous. But widows not being accepted in terms of productivity is not one of them, I've been living in many areas in major islands and some smaller islands in Indonesia, really truly living not just visiting and never once have I seen one. In many places widows are being prioritized and empowered. To have that in Jakarta is difficult due to extreme competitions, uncontrolled suburb or rural development, unmanaged migration, like I said Jakarta has massive problems in every aspect, this is just one of them, the superstition that widows are bad luck might exist, but that is not the problem, especially in Jakarta.
I bet this won’t be the top comment, even though it should be.
One google search away and you can see that is not true.
The bad luck bringing of widows comes from Hinduism which was the religion of the people before Islam. In India, there are towns of widows as their kids throw them out of their homes.
@@drpk6514 be that as it may, this is not an issue in Indonesia
@@lalahasgone Maybe in the Hindu region of Indonesia
440 lbs of metal for $3?? To buy 4 cups of rice for dinner?
This is heartbreaking. These women are exposed to the worst pollution, every day, all day.
How is it heartbreaking? To be so stubborn and stupid, that you refuse to learn a trade/skill, and instead go day in and day out picking up small pieces of metal...
@@joselimai you seem to forget the lack of availability in jobs in her area... also which company will hire a 60 year old woman with athritis and various health issues, no offense to the original woman.
@@joselimai Wow, ya know what? I want to applaud you. You said something so stupid and yet you said it so confidently. Really something special, Congrats!
@@joselimai The *entire* video is about how these women are ostracized for being widows. The FIRST SPOKEN WORDS IN THE VIDEO ARE "Scavenging for rusted scrap metal is one of the only ways widows in Jakarta can make money."
Pollution. Nah it's just rust. 😂
What an incredible woman! So many people take for granted what hard work really is. Much respect to Datri
You have been fooled by the mass media and education system 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
This is not hard work, this is pure stupidity...
You can have as many children as you want, just keep gathering rust and not complaining! It's a wonderful world after all.
Wouldn’t it make sense that grandma stay home with the grandbaby while the young mom goes out to work?
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
Absolutely
No, when I was younger and naive I think like you, but after my son born, mother is the key component of child development, at least until they are 5 years old or enter the kindergarten, the main reason why kids now days are so disrespectful towards elderly is because most of them are growing up without parents existence in their life at developing age, both of their parents mostly at work, that's why the disconnects happens. Kids imitate their environment, if there's none, they will looking for it, which mainly now are outsourced from internet. That's why they cannot relate with reality, everything they see on internet are different.
She's probably still breast feeding, and her baby is still pretty young so needs constant care from the mother. I imagine she probably will get a job once the kid is a couple years old at least.
So then the young mom dies, and the elderly lady is stuck raising the kids when she’ll likely pass before they’re even teens
It hurt so much to see this video.
Even if I can't directly help her, I aim to make my parent live an easier life, as they have sacrificed so much for my educations.
😊 u are a good blessed kid, I bless you for living a good life and marry a good beautiful wife ❤❤
This is how the worlds most populous muslim country treats it's women, mothers and widows.
I too have that in my target, good luck man, don't forget to spend time with your parents
@@mat4263it treats them like trash religion keeps them dumb
Ugh.. my god she's panning for rust~ =(
Thank you Insider News for covering their stories. It's so important for us to have awareness of these conditions as to inform our charitable organizations towards them.
Unfortunately, charity doesn't help these situations. It's a band-aid to make us feel better, but it does little to help these individuals and nothing to alleviate the ongoing problems.
@@smgdfcmfahthat's it. Only real fix that we currently know of is improving economic conditions through increased productivity
@smgdfcmfah
You might not think that it does much but charity can help these women get the medicine they need, some extra food, clean water for their area, maybe better job opportunities through micro-finance (look at what Grameen Bank did in India to help lift tens of thousands of women out of poverty) and most importantly education for their children to break the cycle of poverty. Charity is only a “band-aid” if donations are used thoughtlessly.
You have been fooled by the mass media and education system 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖
What they need is neither charity nor "trickle down" that charity enables.
I'm honestly surprised the "rust collector" is a real job, you would think that the pieces are of such low value that it isn't feasible, but I guess around a ship breaking yard that's been operating for decades you have so much of it that it's possible to collect bags and bags of it
Yeah it doesnt seem like it would be worth the amount of energy it would take to smelt and get the small amount of usable iron, after all the rust is separated
@@John_Redcorn_ These rusted pieces can be turned back into iron, it's basically iron ore, that's why it has any value at all. And it adds up if you put tons and tons of it into a furnace
cost of living is cheap in indonesia so even just a little of income does make a dofferent.
@@lolatmyage yup. Lots of people think rust is something entirely different when it's just iron and air. Maybe a little harder to get it entirely to iron, but all the impurities would be left in the slag at the top.
@@BlightfulProductions Saw a bunch of painted pieces in there + with all the seawater and oil contamination, I'm sure the furnace smells amazing lol
The amount of suffering caused by superstition is heart breaking.
can you elaborate more please?
@@theshuriken they are referring to “widows being bad luck”
Fr tho I never heard widow bringing bad luck here. Where tf they got this information from? Its probably because she's old where her job opportunity is small.
In my area. If you can do it, you're hired. Then again I'm in Borneo not Java
I'd really like to know if this is true, and what the origins are.@@ZuraJura
@@ZuraJura im in jakarta never heard of this either, there is also some comments that also state that widow being a bad luck is not the issue.... the issue is more systemic than that.
I work in a fish packing plant and we have a few people working the lines her age or older, and I always feel bad because it's such tedious, monotonous work but they make 10 times as much in 1 hour as this lady makes in an entire day, in a much safer, cleaner environment.
Breaks my heart that these women have to work like this at her age but at the same time it's inspiring and makes me feel a little better about my own situation. I hope she can find some way to retire or transition to some less demanding work.
$30 per hour? how do I apply bro?
@@theshurikenright??? What a 🧢
@@theshuriken30/hr is high for factory work in Idaho. You can easily make that much working construction.
The amount of people that are severely poor and choose to keep having multiple children just amazes me
They don't "choose" most of the time. Many of them don't have access to sex education or contraceptives.
@@dumplingdumpling2205 I understand your point, my mom is from a 3rd world country. The level of education isn’t as high as a first world. I will say that c0ndoms are a cheap birth control in her country idk if it’s the same in others or if the men there don’t care for it.
@@violetreyes8312 access is one thing. Awareness to actually use contraceptives is another. And on top of that, patriarchy of that region demands things of the women it hangs over. Being made pregnant and a mother is an enforced gender role in many, many countries.
That's why education very important
Given these women appear Muslim but Islam actually encourages family planning, it's definitely an issue with culture and access. Indonesia has a strain of Islam that even other Muslim countries find extreme.
I wonder if they lived like this before money? I wonder if they fished? I wonder if those ships being dumped there ruined their portion of the sea. Now they have to break down the very ships that killed their way of life or happiness. What a time to be alive❤
We dont know how lucky we are..much respect to that lady..
We?
who is we?
what do you mean who is we? there's a 99% chance you are way more fortunate than these women who are struggling to barely survive in these conditions
My heart is just breaking but looking at these women, glimmering with hope, I am in awe! and in tears. God bless these women and grant all their wishes.
I am physically disabled and have been really in a self pitying rut. To see this video inspires me to do better with what I have and not give into my pain.
Like these widows I too have a family that needs me. And since I've become so sick, disabled and in pain I've used it as an excuse to withdraw and not do anything.
As long as I am alive I should be doing what I can for the good of my family. These women have given me a powerful lesson in perspective. For that I wish them all the happiness and luck in the world. May God bless them and watch over them
Hello, if you dont mind me asking, can you still move your hands? If yes, you can try to learn computer programming. Hope my advice could help ❤
Power to you helly.
The easiest way to get people out of poverty is low taxes and only regulating actual damaging effects combined with little to no licensing to run a business.
Corruption and greed will never allow it
Widows brings bad luck? I never hear such thing in my life as a Jakartan.
Likewise.
i haven't heard something like that too as a guy from depok
Never heard that from banten
💔 this series makes u think seriously about what it means to be human. And I feel embarrassed that the civilized world we live in allows this amount of suffering to happen to innocent people.
Civilized world? Dog eat dog my friend, this world is evil.
While billionaires run wild and get whatever they want at any given time. The unequality is sickening
@@jdw-616 I wouldn’t say the world itself is inherently evil it’s more unapologetically raw than anything else
@@jdw-616it doesn't have to be, though
@@ericl6460 there will never be peace in this world. The sin of man is only curable through the Messiah.
in detroit during the recession, iron became so valuable that people would tear down abandoned factories and sell the steel support beams
Harsh environment, hard life, but strongest and the hardest working people out there, may they always given what they always deserve
This is just heartbreaking.
63 and the main bread winner for her 3 kids .
How old are her kids?
This shows you how grateful we should be for the things we have. There is always someone worse off them us. These 2 women are inspirational.
Far from it, this video shows how ungrateful we should be, we should always stand for our self's and never let somebody exploit you! Sure we are working office jobs from 9-5 but somebody is making the same amount as we are off of our labour! You feed a selfish boss, greedy owners, and a never ending money pit of a country's public sector. And for most states it will only get worse... Though I do think capitalism brought us most of our wealth/better working conditions, I do think it needs heavy regulation in order for it to work. And lets be honest, public sector employees should loose their right to vote if we want to prosper again (either work for the state and loose the right to vote of work in the private sector and keep your voting right - so nothing is forced here and you can always get your voting licence back).
This applies for the vast majority of blue and white collar workers in the private sector in most states of the developed world!
The difference between their lives and mine is absolutely staggering... it really puts it into perspective. Im clasping my hands and being thankful for my easy life...
my heart goes out to these widows. i hope to one day be able to do something for them
they have no choice coz they got lazy kids and they spoil them
Just do it now, you know where they are staying. Talk is easy. actions speak louder than words.
@@user-ow4ij8ix3m i'm a young teen
no money yet lmao
@@user-ow4ij8ix3m we are doing it by advancing in our studies so its easier to get a job, so at the very very least, our parent don't end up like them
wHY ?? YOU DON'T OWE THEM A DAMN THING
the whole world could use an ounce of these women's will power, strength and a work ethic and mind set like they do.... it's a beautiful thing... the things we have in our lives that we take for granted...
sedih tengok video makcik ni kerja walaupun environment bahaya, ya Allah, ampunkan aku kalau aku selalu mengeluh dan tak bersyukur. Semoga semua yang baca komen ni dimurahkan rezeki, diangkat segala kesusahan
I have deepest respect towards these hardworking widows. They are magnificent human being.
Well its not like you were gonna have contempt towards the people forcing her into this so, good job taking the low road! I have the deepest respect for boilerplate morons.
@@Cjx0r seek professional help
@@amarillorica thanks for validating my point
Wow..............and may God bless her................. After watching how humbly that poor lady lives, I'll never complain about anything again........
God blessed her already with her torment.
You know, this woman and the women who worked with her are absolute Hero’s. They have achieved success without financial benefits- self worth, an a nirvana we in the west can’t realize no matter how much money we make, how many cars we own etc. she inspires me to be more generous and more humble/grateful. I cannot forget her nor them, I cannot disrespect them by materialist goals, this video makes me a better person.
These stories are so hard to watch but it does make me appreciate what I have.
why doesnt the daughter in law go work and she stay home to look after the kids then??
Privileged younger generation. No intention to work hard for a living. The daughter in law thinks just raising a child gives her free pass from having to go out there and work hard to earn a living.
No honor. This is shameful.
Bad education
6:16 - 200kg (440 lbs) for 3$, they arent even paying her ore rate, thats rough. Take that same rust to a scrap yard in the west and she'd get over $40.
Some of these numbers are a bit skewed. With what he gave her, yes that's about $3 (we can only see 50,000 RP) which they say buys 4 cups of rice. It seems like theyre using the price of rice wherever this is produced and not in Indonesia where the average price of rice is about 13000 RP for a kilogram. They still dont make much, it's pretty much the low end of what would be a regular salary depending where they live though. This video makes it out to seem like there are tons of people doing this, but its only 8.
it is absolutely amazing genuine news companies like this that help keep the world open to the rest of us. i would never have got to learn about something like this, see it so in depth. that being said, when someone dislikes your video does it show the names of the user who disliked it? if so, an interesting video would be an expose on the insane minds and mystery as to why tf anyone would dislike this. i see so many videos that have dislikes that make no sense. i am curious as to why and genuinely curious as to what people would dislike something like this.
widow bring bad luck in work? i'm indonesian and never heard of this before.
There are some local superstitions about this, usually in pedalaman area, but I never find it in Jakarta.
@@lower_than_furries9727HOAX
This is how the worlds most populous muslim country treats it's women, mothers and widows.
@@mat4263 HOAX
I have commented before suggesting that the people you film should get a percentage of the money that you make from videos about them and apparently I am not the only one because I have seen similar opinions expressed by others. Of all of the videos that you have posted, the people in this one, in my opinion, deserve help the most. Please use the money you make from this video to fund helping them getting out of poverty!
The people shown here do get paid.
As if! All the money goes to the CEO of Insider News.
@jessewilson8676 that would be good to hear if true, but how do we know it is? And how much if so? Ten bucks? Five? A hundred?
@@colinmartin9797 I don’t know exactly. Back in the mid 70’s (going to be vague for reasons) there was a film crew doing a story on southern USA homeless families. One family received enough (donut know exact amount) to get a 64 Chrysler fair condition and an apartment for 6 months. With the apartment and transportation the family was able to get employment and remained in the apartment for 2 years.
TH-cam pays barely anything I wouldn’t be surprised if they make enough just to keep the channel running
Its beyond despicable how much so many people take the things they have for granted. Wishing these people health and posterity.
That is what their God wanted for them so leave them alone. They are happy.
God has nothing to do with it, people in more wealthy societies take for granted what they have. If they saw how little and how hard these people worked it may change their minds on the materialistic things they have and to be more grateful.
Grateful to whom? They built that peace and wealth themselves for generations. Yet those who live in absolute poverty chant "God, god, god". How about turning your eyes at your community. @@wiz7190
Agree - there is such imbalance in this world - people should not have to live like this
These people, and many others like them, are the true heroes in this world.
The true Heros because they have a shitty job?
Bruh even her married children struggle had to rely on her. Pretty much like a parasite at this point. If you struggle dont drag down other with you.
Her daughter-in-law is sitting at home doing nothing while she has to work her ass off to pay the bills. This shameful.
@@anupdev5845 really shame
Learn more before coment
It's disgusting to watch the useless sons who can't take care of her mom at her old age.
thats the fact for most indonesians' family. most women are the backbone of the family.
useless
How's the weather up there on your high horse?
@mam362 would rather not start a family and slave all day than have my 60yr mother kill herself working to feed my incompetent ass.
usually the sons have no jobs, wake up at noon, drinking, sitting, smoking around with friends until early morning, and repeat the cycle again. Often they had the audacity to ask money to their mum or even ask them to sold her gold earrings/ rings (like mentioned on the video)
That's gross and just sad on so many levels. These governments should be ashamed.
We can learn a lot from these videos. Wish them all the best and hope things will be better in the future
It breaks my heart to see them struggling to make ends meet but at the same time they really inspired me. Kepada kalian saudara saudari ku di Indonesia yang dalam kesusahan. Semoga kalian berjaya dalam hidup dalam apa jua pekerjaan. Salam dari Malaysia.
These people do so much for tiny scraps, and here in the U.S. you can find hundreds of pounds of metal being thrown out every week and it’s never even recycled
AND WHAT DO YOU DO TO WASTE LESS ?
@@jpcaretta8847 I run a small metal and electronics metal recycling operation as a hobby. During the summers when I’m not on campus I collect broken electronics and metal from friends, family and neighbors. Working or reusable electronics are sold second hand on eBay, and metal is separated and reused by myself for building projects or sold to the recycling center.
Tis such a shame what people waste.
@@AdamBechtol what YOU waste !
What are you saying? Metal recycling is big business in the u.s lots of scrap dealers.
Not saying she has it good but she is rich. She has children and grandchildren and faith. She also seems to have a kind heart and a supportive family and she has lived a relatively long life. From a historic perspective of humanity she should be proud and die happy.
This just makes me sad. I spent $35 on dinner last night, and yet she makes maybe that much every 12 days.
@insidernews you should setup a fundraising page for them
They don't even pay the subjects of their videos for their interviews. They never do anything to encourage the viewer to help or give any links to places that do help. They don't follow up on their previous video subjects after exploiting them for views. The "still standing" series never has links for viewers to patronise and trade with the businesses and artisans featured.
@@GM-qq1wi Exactly. Insider are pond scum.
Widow are stigmatized and sometimes sexualized in Indonesia, in music for example, there's many songs where the lyrics are about comparing them to virgin women and such, this is just another symptoms of patriarchal society, but widows are not denied for jobs just because their status in Indonesia, even sometimes business owner preferred them over young women because they have less tendency to quit jobs and their dedication is much higher than youngsters...
Source? My mother is Indonesian widow.
The middle guy is of course scamming the lady. "the good quality metal will look clean, while the bad quality will look black and dirty". The guy is buying up metal rust. What clean quality metal is he even talking about. All rust looks like that.
Why isn't the young girl with the baby going out and work and while Grandma watches the baby??? 😮
that's what I thought. Why not grandma take care the baby and she working in restaurant or something else? 😔
love these risky businesses keep it up
Her son’s daughter should go to work and pay grandma to babysit. She says she should quit working but we need her to pay our bills…. She raised all her kids by herself while you stay home as a young healthy adult and watch a diseased 60yr old woman go to work to pay your bills? That’s shameful!
What an inspiration these women are. Another side of Indonesia I did not know about.😮
If you do a video on people like this.
TH-cam should make the producers give a percentage or anything they make back to those people.
agree😢
All the while despite her living conditions she is a part of making the world better and gets nothing in the grand scheme of it all..... what a life.
You watched how hard the job for her but hot damn, that smile she shows when taking care of her grandchild is priceless, many people kill for that kind of true happiness.
0:31 "Sometimes, I can only cry and feel sad. I feel lost."
I've been there. That feeling that you want to do other things to change your life for the BETTER but you cant because you are too powerless to do it and dont know where to start NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO. HARD WORK and all that you will still be nothing at the END OF THE DAY.
I can just say. I'm just WAY TOO LUCKY that time gave me an OPPORTUNITY and that bridge so that I can do something to change my life. That now, I can provide myself basic needs in life and some scratch in my pocket. My HEART BLEEDS for people that worked hard everyday FOR YEARS up until the day they DIE they only experienced HARDSHIP and not a beautiful life that they deserved.
Next time you think your job is bad 2:59 pov earning $2 a day
Sometimes we take for granted of everything we have and how good we have it god bless this people that do this hard and unsafe work to provide for their families
If shes 63 and has grandchildren why arent her children working??? I would be ashamed if my widowed mother had to do dangerous backbreaking work to support me when i was capable of doing of it myself. She has three kids who are at least old enough to have kids themselves. So why arent they working?
first damn thing i thought
Watching these kind of videos is informative, yet makes me grateful for what I currently have.
So this old lady works herself ragged and the daughter in law just stays at home doing nothing? wow, just wow.
yeah that is pretty odd
@gordordf1091 How do you know she does??
you've got the right name "user"
Wonderful reportage! God bless you and all journalists who go the distance to bring us up to date with the reality around us. I don’t know what this world would have been without journalism! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
200 kilograms per day? That will make us rich in India.
A kg of scrap iron fetch us 20 rupees.
So 200 kilograms will fetch us 4000 rupees (around 500 US dollars) in a day. That's more than an officer's salary in a month for a scrap metal collector 😢
Your math is off. There is no way they are paying that much for scrap iron in India or anywhere else. In the US, if you take clean scrap iron to the scrap yard you get somewhere around $0.10 per pound. So for 200 kg you would get $44. Nowhere close to $500.
I went ahead and checked your math. According to google, 4000 rupees is $48.00. So you are paid slightly more per kg than I would at my local scrap yard. But still nowhere close to $500 for 200 kg.
Am I the only one who found it interesting that they had an Arowana in a fish tank? Is it kept for food or is it just very common to have them as pets in Indonesia?
Common pet and emergency food.... It cheap when not commercial
I thought Arowana was supposed to be expensive 😮
Your business will make you rich but investment makes and you keep you wealthy, we all deserve to be successful and have financial freedom, I pray everyone here becomes successful
Be a goal achiever
Always aim high so your dreams can come to reality
Use your job to finance your goals✅
You can't be an employee forever!
Consistent efforts in trading/investment will put you in a position where success will find you
Investing in alternate income streams should be the top priority for everyone right now especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing, Stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.
@@markdamascus7878Having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal
I advice everyone to start investing and never rely on just salary. No billionaire made it through salary
I'm looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I have about $6k sitting in my savings
Iron is one of the least worth metals and here we are speaking about its lowest quality in form of small very rusted bits.
There were times in my teenage years where I was able to earn $500 in one day with very light work all by myself, then they get $2 for whole day of very hard and dangerous work, this is mind blowing.
A ship that only lasts 30 years ? Why whats going on. They should last way longer.
Messed up world, in the netherlands where gonna spent 28b euro for climate...
Is there a website or something that we could donate directly towards the people who is featured on your videos? I'd really like to help out a bit😢
Your good will is enough bro, be careful there is a lot of scammer asking for donation in my country and the government already help them.
Nope. Business Insider doesn't pay for interviews and never gives shout outs or ways for people to help. They take what they can to make a video and leave the subjects of their videos without even a tip.
@@GM-qq1wisource?
At least if we could get her more safety equipment
@@aizat27 obviously they dont pay, no legitimate journalist pays for stories or pays people for interviews. Then they have no integrity. The interviewee has an incentive to say something interesting or unique in order to be interviewed more or paid again. Journalists document they do not interfere. That is for NGO's, governments, etc
incredible how they keep having children, condemning them to a tough life in poverty
that's kind of the purpose of life
These "ship owners" who are letting these poor women hunt for scrap metal seem like decent human beings, if only the whole world shared this kindness...
Atleast she is cleaning her community
whenever we see documentary's like this why dont the producers make a go fund me for the people in it. im sure they get paid for doing this but we could change their lives forever
I hope each of you find metal worth a fortune and bless your families for your hard work.
Alhamdulilah for everything and anything. These people are way stronger than myself and many around us as well. Having worked in shipyards for almost a decade myself in many capacities, i loved and hated my job everyday. Much respect to hard working people.
Give shelter, warmth, and sustenance to a naked, starving, cold person, and they will surely be grateful. What perspective does this give to someone who has their basic needs met?
My heart is heavy knowing how hard she works,while most of the world wastes so much.I so wish I could help. All I can do is pray.That makes me incredibly angry when I hear the excesses of my world.
Prayers are just another form of wishful thinking.
How about speaking up about it and see if there’s anything you can do to help?
@@sarcasticallyrearranged I pray for you,also.
Exactly. All you do is pray, and so does everybody else. That is why nothing will change.
@@excalibro8365 And your solution is what?
If I was able to do anything, I would.
I am in the Shadow of the grim reaper and can only offer prayers,my apologies.EMTs should have let me go.
So sad to see imagination and inspiration being scrapped I remember they would come to the Cayman Islands when I was younger. I also feel so sad for the people who are still scraping to live when there is so much money being made around them.
Man I complain about working at a chicken plant. But this makes my work look like a breeze. Bless these women
How old and her kids that she needs to take care of them? She’s 63- so they should be in their 40s and 30s. Bro. Why are they not taking care of her?
0:49 “everything she touches has poisonous layers of rust.” Ummm… what? Rust (iron oxide) isn’t poisonous as such. Iron toxicity can occur from consuming excessive amounts of iron, but I doubt she is eating said rust. Trace amounts on hands wouldn’t cause problems. (That’s not to say that other, more dangerous pollutants aren’t present simultaneously. But iron oxide is nothing to worry about.)
How about the long term effect from exposed such materials?
@@honor9lite1337 Long-term exposure to iron? Not a problem. Again, to reiterate: I’m not talking about whatever other pollutants and toxins may be present. My comment is specifically and exclusively about the “poisonous layers of rust” line. Rust is not poisonous. It’s not a poison at all, and it takes large amounts of ingested iron to reach iron toxicity. (Poison ≠ toxin.)
How about the toxin from other material from the poluted waters?
@@arrysyami9657 As I already stated, my comment is exclusively about the incorrect claim that rust is poisonous.
True...!! from her explaination bout the pain she feels in her body, i can tell that because she consume too much sugar.
When I see these videos I think there should be a gofundme for these people. Even raising a couple thousand dollars would completely change things for her.
The state of society can be measured by how it treats those who are weakest.
200 kg if iron rust for 3 $ a day? The amount of work here is beyond conceivable for me.
Long live Indonesia. 😊
That just sucks :( selling literally rust to stay alive. As a steel fabrication engineer I know how working around metal feels
That's why you don't have to be a slave to G20 county.
@@JohnBrembo90isn't those widow's country is member of G20 too?
@@honor9lite1337 ... Yes they are... But we're not..
Hi from Malaysia.
@@JohnBrembo90 hmmmmm.. not a nice word.
@@ellynaali9007 .. yeahh .. it's hard to accept that Indonesian always use that nasty word towards Malaysian.... Isn't it?
Hahahah .
As a business owner in indonesia. I have never heard about sentiment that widows bringing bad luck here
wow bless these hard working women, wishing them all the best
The world is a very tough place
Hope all of the hardworking honest people all the health and happiness
That's not going to be happened in this world