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The Heavy Load

July 18, 2008
Save My Future Foundation (SAMFU)

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This report from Liberian-based Stop Firestone coalition member, the Save My Future Foundation, details human rights, labor and environmental abuses on the Firestone rubber plantation in Liberia. The report is an update of SAMFU's 2005 report on Firestone.

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About the Photo

Child on Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia pouring latex into a larger container.

Credit: Hanh Nguyen