Sulphur or Starve (Slaves to Sulphur)

The miners of Kawa Ijen in Java Island, Indonesia mine sulphur at a 1000 year old volcano  in miserable conditions and choking atmosphere.

They descend into the hellish conditions of a volcano, inhale toxic fumes, and carry their body-weight in sulphur ore - all for $3 a day.

The miners climb several hours on the steep volcano mountain and descend into the volcano, extract biggest possible loads of sulphur and then come back. They have to work in unbearable heat and toxic sulfurous fumes that irritates the skin and the eyes and the air is barely unbreathable. 

The workers get ill and cough all day while their life expectancy rarely exceeds 60 years.

This life threatening labour earn them necessary money to ensure their livelihood.

"We are not afraid of dying of smoke but afraid of not having enough food," said a miner.

The companies gives them no machinery while they work with bare hands.