World Citizen Artists Awards 2017: Landfill Harmonic and Recycled Orchestra of Cateura (Paraguay)

WORLD CITIZEN ARTISTS AWARD RECIPIENTS 2017: -CATEURA PROJECT -LANDFILL HARMONIC THE RECYCLED ORCHESTRA OF CATEURA ’Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura’ is a youth orchestra that is transforming lives. It is unique in its ingenious use of humble local resources and serves as a beacon of pride and hope for the local community. Six kilometres west of Asunción, Cateura is built on top of a landfill where more than 1.5 tonnes of solid waste is dumped every day. Most families here, including children, work as garbage recyclers to earn a meagre living. In this difficult context, Favio Chávez, a former music teacher working as an environmental engineer, started giving music lessons to the children... Awards Channel: Interviews: Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados Cateura Favio Hernán Chávez Morán Landfill Harmonic Megadeth | “World Citizen Artists“ | Solidarity For All Awards | @worldcitizenartists | @WorldCitizenArt | World Citizen Artists