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These women in the Philippines scour a dump site for trash to turn into ‘something beautiful’

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To grow, blossom or bloom — this is what the Filipino word, lumago, means in the Philippines’ national language. But for the women of Lumago Designs, the word has symbolic meaning, as well.

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