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Old 07-15-2011, 01:51 AM
 
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An absolutely fascinating look at where your clothes go after you've dropped them into the donation box.


‪Witness - Witness - Mitumba: The second-hand road‬‏ - YouTube

A journalist tracks a throw away donated T-shirt from Germany, to Italy, to Dar-es-Salaam--sold and resold and shipped and warehoused to finally end up in a dusty Tanzanian village.

A little long at 45 minutes but a must see. Riveting journalism.
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