Robert is 11 years old. Both his parents are dead and he lives with an aunt. He doesn't attend school because he has to

Robert breaks off big chunks from the rock face, then sends them up to the surface in plastic jerry cans where they are

Robert is considered one of the better workers on the site by his fellow workers. He has mastered all the tasks in quarr

Quarrying is extremely dangerous because of frequent cave-ins and landslides.

Workers use mallets made out of sticks with a piece of iron pipe or a ball bearing case on the end to smash the rocks in

These girls are six, five and three years old. They come to the quarry with their parents who also work crushing rocks.