How do you earn your money? Clean your room, clean the pet cage, rake the leaves?

Would you go down into an active volcano, get 200 pounds of sulfur,  carry it out, sell it and do it all over again?  Because that’s what sulfur miners in Indonesia do — and that’s the highest paying job in their community.

(click to enlarge.  Image licensed Creative Commons)

But guess what highest paying means?  Thinking $100 a day, $200 a day? Let’s think lower. Not 50, not 20, and not even 10! For one round of sulfur, your pay is $5.  Even worse, you have to walk though the toxic fumes of a volcano, and avoid falling in.

Imagine doing this every day, for 365 days, just for $5,200. These people work harder than lots of people in America, but they get about a tenth of what the average American makes. They don’t exactly make enough to support their families. These people will be willing to take anything they can get — and that’s why I decided to loan to Indonesia.

Be sure to help them.

By: Mathew L