In this August 23, 2018 photo, trash scavengers run behind a truck before it dumps its load at the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Scavengers often suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses, headaches and infections contracted from used syringes. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 24, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide pauses for a portrait, wearing his protective clothing, including an old U.N. peacekeeper's jacket he found in the trash, before scavenging the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Before 2004, Aristide recalled having enough money to splurge on shoes, T-shirts and pants, but this year he could not buy his kids anything new for the school year. “Life is like that, up and down”, Aristide said. “They'll go to school anyway, even if I have to sell my pig. I love them”. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 29, 2018 photo, Guerdy Joseph holds his dog outside the home of his friend Changlair Aristide, right, where they live on the edges of the Truitier landfill and work scavenging for valuables in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “Sometimes God is with me”, said Aristide. “I've found good stuff in the trash like ham, cheese, milk, rice, bread, wine, champagne, toys”. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 25, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide kisses his wife Violene Mareus as their daughter Viergeline looks on outside their home next to the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Aristide and Mareus have three children, who Mareus cares for at home where she sells cigarettes and alcohol to neighbors. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 25, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide jokes with a friend as his wife Violene Mareus does their 9-year-old daughter Changline's hair outside their home near the Truitier landfill where Aristide scavenges for valuable items to use or sell, in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Their other daughters Belinda, 3, and Viergeline, 5, stand in the doorway. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 28, 2018 photo, scavengers climb on a trash truck arriving to unload at the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Here in Cite Soleil, poisonous waste decomposes into the soil, seeping into nearby water sources and exacerbating dismal sanitary conditions. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 23, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide pauses as he picks through the trash with a metal rod, alongside others looking for valuable items to use or sell, at the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. “I'm looking for all kind of items to sell to take care of my family because I don't want my children to follow me into this crappy job”, he said. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this Aug. 30, 2018 photo, trash scavengers rest after a day of searching the Truitier landfill for valuables to use or sell in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The friends hang out at this site coined “Anba pye bwa” in Creole, or “Under the tree”, to drink, smoke and dance to the radio after a long day at the dump. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 27, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide walks across the Truitier landfill wearing his soccer uniform after a day of scavenging for useful items to use or sell, on his way to hang out with friends in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. From his earnings at the dump site, Aristide bought two pigs and built a house made of corrugated steel just beyond the landfill's edge, where he lives with his wife and three of his kids. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 24, 2018 photo, pigs and cattle rummage near people scavenging the Truitier landfill for useful items to use or sell at in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The slum is the center of deadly cholera outbreaks as flat lands flood during the rainy season and become a breeding ground for disease-carrying mosquitoes. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 30, 2018 photo, people who scavenge the trash for valuables use headlamps at night as a truck prepares to dump its load at the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Rene Phanor, a slum resident, says pickers often suffer from chronic respiratory illnesses, headaches and infections contracted from used syringes. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 30, 2018 photo, Wilfrid Jocelyn, a 52-year-old trash scavenger, poses for a portrait near his home on the edge of the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Central Bank estimates inflation in Haiti at around 16 percent a year, a spiraling cost of living which resonates painfully. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 29, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide stands with his wife Violene Mareus and children outside their home near the Truitier landfill where Aristide scavenges for valuables to use or sell in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, before Aristide leaves to play soccer with a group of friends. Mareus said she hopes to move to a nice home one day in which she doesn't have to hold up tarps when it rains. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 29, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide gets ready to play soccer, outside his home by the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Changlair, who supports his family by scavenging the landfill, coaches the Truitier soccer team made up mostly of trash collectors like him, who play a summer championship against a team from Cite Soleil. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)





In this August 23, 2018 photo, Changlair Aristide, in red shirt at center, waits for a truck to finish dumping its load at the Truitier landfill in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Both men and women sift through the smelly debris in search of anything useful to use or sell, and violence sometimes breaks out as collectors fight for the most valuable hauls. (Photo by Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Photo)