The Body Shop initiative that's changing the lives of waste pickers in Bangalore

Waste pickers are some of the most deprived communities in India, but a new initiative by The Body Shop is offering them a lifeline. Andrea Thompson went to meet women in Bangalore whose lives are being transformed It is through clouds of dust, on a dirty rubbish dump that I first see Dolly - her immaculate, brightly coloured sari strangely at odds with her surroundings. The 22-year-old stands under a flapping white plastic awning attempting to shade herself from the intense 35˚c heat, a six-mo...