Bayakous are the men in Haiti who empty pit latrines for a living without benefit of health and safety standards, the protection of the law, or even fixed prices. Here is their story.
The men work in the dark of night, emptying pit latrines with shovels by candlelight, moving the waste in buckets and wheelbarrows. Most of them are uneducated and poor; they do their dirty job without benefit of health and safety standards, the protection of the law, or even fixed prices.