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Norma Vergara, Colombia

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Norma Vergara of Henequen, Colombia, employs three to five neighbors to clean and sort used plastic bags from the city dump, and then resells them. With her profits, she is able to pay school fees and purchase supplies for her two children. Norma is working to UnDo Poverty and you can help too. Take a pledge, and commit to doing something starting on October 17 that will help work towards ending poverty.

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