How Rust Collectors In Indonesia Risk Their Lives To Survive | Risky Business 

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.

The amount of ppl in this world who, despite given no oppertunity contiunes on and are grateful for what they have is astonishing.

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!

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.

I'm constantly amazed at the resilience that so many people have despite being in some of the worst situations.

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'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.

What an incredible woman! So many people take for granted what hard work really is. Much respect to Datri

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.

they should be rewarded for somehow helping to clean up the environment from metal waste

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.

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.

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.

Wouldn’t it make sense that grandma stay home with the grandbaby while the young mom goes out to work?

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

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

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.

We dont know how lucky we are..much respect to that lady..

The amount of suffering caused by superstition is heart breaking.

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 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.

💔 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.

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

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❤

my heart goes out to these widows. i hope to one day be able to do something for them

Widows brings bad luck? I never hear such thing in my life as a Jakartan.

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

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.

This is just heartbreaking.

I have deepest respect towards these hardworking widows. They are magnificent human being.

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

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 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...

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.

in detroit during the recession, iron became so valuable that people would tear down abandoned factories and sell the steel support beams

It's disgusting to watch the useless sons who can't take care of her mom at her old age.

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.

I was in Jakarta for 4 days, walking all around in different places and some of them looked really shady. Most of the people there were living a poorly life, but for those 4 days I never saw a homeless person living on the street or somebody asking for money. People there will do whatever it takes, ever would beg for money. In my eyes Indonesian people are really smiley despite their own faith.

What an inspiration these women are. Another side of Indonesia I did not know about.😮

Harsh environment, hard life, but strongest and the hardest working people out there, may they always given what they always deserve

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

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.

These people, and many others like them, are the true heroes in this world.

Wow..............and may God bless her................. After watching how humbly that poor lady lives, I'll never complain about anything again........

The amount of people that are severely poor and choose to keep having multiple children just amazes me

These stories are so hard to watch but it does make me appreciate what I have.

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.

63 and the main bread winner for her 3 kids . How old are her kids?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.)

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.

That's gross and just sad on so many levels. These governments should be ashamed.

widow bring bad luck in work? i'm indonesian and never heard of this before.

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.

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.

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.

why doesnt the daughter in law go work and she stay home to look after the kids then??

So this old lady works herself ragged and the daughter in law just stays at home doing nothing? wow, just wow.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Atleast she is cleaning her community

If you do a video on people like this. RU-vid should make the producers give a percentage or anything they make back to those people.

Its beyond despicable how much so many people take the things they have for granted. Wishing these people health and posterity.

The state of society can be measured by how it treats those who are weakest.

love these risky businesses keep it up

Watching these kind of videos is informative, yet makes me grateful for what I currently have.

incredible how they keep having children, condemning them to a tough life in poverty

Next time you think your job is bad 2:59 pov earning $2 a day

Why isn't the young girl with the baby going out and work and while Grandma watches the baby??? 😮

these ladies are the true queens of the world, I hold to such high esteem the poor and downtrodden who struggle and fight to live with such tenacity

I hope each of you find metal worth a fortune and bless your families for your hard work.

@insidernews you should setup a fundraising page for them

Messed up world, in the netherlands where gonna spent 28b euro for climate...

When i have an off day at work. I just look at these countries and these people who struggle and still smile and are happy. Life may feel bad but there is always good.

I love how the Risky Business title comes up right as the drone buzzes right over her.

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.

Long live Indonesia. 😊

My heart aches for her 😣 what a resilient woman. To feel so lost yet have no other options than to continue, and still persevere. Truly a strength that I'd wager many of us wouldn't be able to muster

The less you have, the more grateful you are for the little you do have.

The world is a very tough place

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

200 kg if iron rust for 3 $ a day? The amount of work here is beyond conceivable for me.

Man I complain about working at a chicken plant. But this makes my work look like a breeze. Bless these women

I'm a widow, boyfriend died at 36 of COVID. If I was considered bad luck I would be doomed... It's bad enough that we tend to be seen as damaged goods in the Western world. These poor women, my heart breaks for them at the unfair superstitions others cast on them

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😢

We can learn a lot from these videos. Wish them all the best and hope things will be better in the future

A ship that only lasts 30 years ? Why whats going on. They should last way longer.

honorable women, I'd like to shake their hands. wish I was rich to do something. maybe I can help in a small way one day.

2dollar a day...😢😢life is not fair

May God bless these women. The ones who have sons that stay at home while their moms work and support them, should be ashamed of themselves. Bums

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?

That just sucks :( selling literally rust to stay alive. As a steel fabrication engineer I know how working around metal feels

Hope all of the hardworking honest people all the health and happiness