A few facts about La Chureca

* 214 families live inside the Managua city dump. Almost all of these households are headed by women.

* 1200 more families in the surrounding neighborhood go to the dump on a daily basis in order to find food to eat and items to recycle or sell.

* A "good day" at the dump yields 60 cordobas' worth of recyclable bottles -- about $3.00 US -- just enough to buy supper.