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Take a look in your closet. Do you know where your clothing comes from and how it's made? A shirt goes through a long process of being made. It travels such places like Asia and West Africa. The people who pick and hand sew your clothing work long, hard hours for little pay, while bigger companies sell for much more than workers make.

To first produce a shirt, cotton is needed. Folks in Burkina Faso pick cotton for long days and little money. They have no other choice but to work in the cotton fields, as it's the only money making industry in the area. Unfortunately, Burkina Faso is a poor country, meaning that the workers depend on the money they make in order to survive and support their families.

Once enough cotton is picked, it is shipped

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