0:00:02 > 0:00:04'Today on Show Me What You're Made Of,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06our kids are in Africa, at its toughest.'
0:00:06 > 0:00:10- OK? - No, I don't want to do this.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12'Facing the biggest challenge we've ever had.'
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- Do people live here? - Yes, people live here.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19'Working on a toxic waste dump where our technology can end up.'
0:00:19 > 0:00:23I don't think this is living, I think this is staying alive.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25'Can our kids take the pressure?'
0:00:25 > 0:00:26This is hot.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30'And it's not just our gadgets we throw away
0:00:30 > 0:00:32'that end up here.'
0:00:32 > 0:00:35'Can the team get to grips with tonnes of second hand shoes?'
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Urgh! They're mouldy!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41'And what happens when it all becomes overwhelming?'
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- Tell me, talk to me. - I just don't understand.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49'Our five kids are...
0:00:49 > 0:00:50'Emily the rebel.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52I get into trouble daily.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55'Fancy pants, Rob.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I've got a lot clothes.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59'Style queen, Jasmine.'
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I am a trendsetter, hey!
0:01:02 > 0:01:03'Canny Kathryn.'
0:01:03 > 0:01:07I prefer spending other people's money, usually my mum's money.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09'And techno-mad Ed.'
0:01:09 > 0:01:13If I put all my gadgets together I think they'll be worth over £9,000.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23'We've left the Ghanaian countryside
0:01:23 > 0:01:27'and are headed 70km south, to the big city.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Today we're in Ghana's crazy capital, Accra,
0:01:31 > 0:01:35and this is the famous Kantamanto Market.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39You can come here to get anything, really.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40It's so smelly.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Today our five are going to be working
0:01:42 > 0:01:44in the second-hand shoe business,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47where they are going to have to get really stuck in.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- What?- Second-hand shoes?
0:01:49 > 0:01:53- SHE LAUGHS - Bleurgh.- That's disgusting.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56So shall we go meet our boss, go see what the plan is?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58- Yeah.- Come follow me. This way.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02'Have you ever wondered where your old clothes,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04'gadgets and, even your old trainers, end up?
0:02:04 > 0:02:08'Well, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of them are sent here
0:02:08 > 0:02:10'every year, after we finish with them in Europe,
0:02:10 > 0:02:13'and thousands of people make a living from them.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17'Like the workers in this massive warehouse,
0:02:17 > 0:02:18'just one of many in Accra,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22'which is full to the brim with our second-hand shoes.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Come meet your boss. How do you do? I'm Stacey.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- I'm Kay. - Kay, lovely to meet you.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28When the shoes arrive here by the container loads,
0:02:28 > 0:02:30they're all jumbled up,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32so Kay's workers have to sort them out
0:02:32 > 0:02:36and put them into pairs so they can be sold onto markets around Ghana.'
0:02:37 > 0:02:39This is quite a sight!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Guys, did you ever imagine that used shoes from back home
0:02:42 > 0:02:44would end up in a massive warehouse in Ghana?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- ALL:- No.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- I've never seen anything quite like this before.- Eh?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53I don't imagine anyone from Britain that would do that job,
0:02:53 > 0:02:55cos they would probably be like, "Garbage."
0:02:57 > 0:02:59It's not rubbish to the boss, who's starting the kids
0:02:59 > 0:03:03off with the job of separating men's, women's and children's shoes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05You have to work hard.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I'll show you how to separate it, yeah?
0:03:08 > 0:03:09Then you work hard, OK?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11And you're going to go through a thousand shoes in one hour.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15It's hot in here, as well. It's very warm.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- It looks hard.- Ready?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22'To get through the thousands of shoes in the warehouse
0:03:22 > 0:03:25'as fast as possible, Kay's employees work in teams,
0:03:25 > 0:03:28'so that's how our kids will have to work'
0:03:28 > 0:03:32You're all going to be judged as a whole on this task right?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35So if one person plays up, if one person's lagging behind,
0:03:35 > 0:03:36no-one is going to do well.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40You'll be promoted or demoted, as a team.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I think there's a lot of pressure, cos if you don't do well, then,
0:03:43 > 0:03:45the whole team won't do well.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I don't mind us all being together, we just need to really focus
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and try keep as we're going, cos I think we're doing quite well.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57'Rob seems to have appointed himself team leader.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Men's, men's. Pick them up off the floor.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01This is confusing.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Look at the pattern on the inside, if it has one,
0:04:04 > 0:04:05look at the label... Men's.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10I think Rob is the closest thing to a leader, cos he's barking out
0:04:10 > 0:04:12orders and stuff.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15'And Rob's efforts are getting him noticed by the boss.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Robert, you are very good, keep doing.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22I really, really want to impress the boss today,
0:04:22 > 0:04:23cos I really want to prove myself
0:04:23 > 0:04:27in every factory we go to, so I'm top of the leaderboard type of thing.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34'14-year-old Rob from Hampshire loves the limelight.'
0:04:34 > 0:04:36I love being the centre of attention,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I like being the one that's being looked at,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40or, I like trying to show off a bit.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43'As a part-time model, it's all about appearance.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49'Perfect hair, fashionable clothes and shoes for every outfit.'
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I always try to keep up with the latest fashion trends and all that.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Robert appreciates things for about five minutes
0:04:55 > 0:04:56and then it's the next thing,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59so, as soon as he's got it, he then wants something else.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02'And staying on trend isn't cheap.'
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I go shopping about three times a month.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09I do spend about a £100, £150 depending on how much,
0:05:09 > 0:05:10or what I'm buying, really.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14'I would love to be able to say
0:05:14 > 0:05:17yes, I think he understands the value of things,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I think he knows the value of things,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22but whether he understands them or not is a different thing.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25'His parents are hoping Africa will be a wake-up call for Rob.'
0:05:25 > 0:05:27He's not particularly well-travelled
0:05:27 > 0:05:31and the places he does go are usually quite luxurious,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34so, yeah, I think it will be a bit of an eye-opener for him.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39OK, guys, come on.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Don't just chuck them here cos none of them mix with this pile.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44'In Ghana, Rob might be in his element giving
0:05:44 > 0:05:48'the orders out but the problem is he's got Emily on his team.'
0:05:48 > 0:05:50SHE SCREAMS
0:05:50 > 0:05:52It's all right, come on. Just carry on, just carry on.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53'Emily's hated every task
0:05:53 > 0:05:56'she's been given so far and today is no different.'
0:05:56 > 0:05:59It's like all the shoes are, like, stale.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00They're all, like, all smelly.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Emily, what's going on?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04I'm trying my best.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Are you trying your best? I don't think you are.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09What's the issue, you don't like touching the shoe?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11If you want to give this a good go,
0:06:11 > 0:06:13you're just going to have to get over that.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14All right.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Urgh! They're mouldy! Eurgh!
0:06:18 > 0:06:20There's no point in saying it's disgusting and all,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23cos, at the end of the day, we have to do it as quick as we can
0:06:23 > 0:06:25and it's just stopping us.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28I think she's the weakest link cos she's, like,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31"Urgh, shoe, it's mucky don't want to touch it."
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Who would wear something like that? That is just gammy as.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Emily is not doing very well today.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Yeah very, very bad.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Very, very bad.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Fast, fast, work hard, yeah?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45- SHE GASPS - Whoops.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47These piles are getting so muddled.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Some of them aren't even in the correct pile.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51People are just throwing them everywhere,
0:06:51 > 0:06:53they're not going in the piles, they're falling down
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and making more fall down into the spaces that we've got.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Like, here, we've got women and men now mixed up.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00'Once again, Emily's the main culprit.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Emily, the way you're
0:07:02 > 0:07:04throwing them, you're throwing them in the wrong pile.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06This is really serious.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I don't mean to go on, but if you don't do this correctly,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11Kay is going to have to come and redo all your work.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15'But before the others can tidy up the piles,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18'Emily's carelessness gets out of hand'
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Ooh!
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Oh, my God, are you OK?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Agh. You hit me in the face. - Are you OK?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Are you OK? I'm so sorry.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26Are you all right, Ed?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Yeah.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32'As she was throwing it, I saw it came out and hit me
0:07:32 > 0:07:33straight in the eye.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I'm all right now.
0:07:36 > 0:07:37'Ed's injury is the final straw
0:07:37 > 0:07:40for the boss and he calls a halt to the task.'
0:07:40 > 0:07:42OK, guys you can stop.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45'Will it be promotion or demotion for the team?'
0:07:45 > 0:07:51Robert you have done well, cos you, you have done a good job.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Emily he was particularly disappointed with you.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58'Yeah. You didn't prove yourself, you are just standing there.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01But, you are a team, next time you have to improve.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03To be honest, it doesn't matter too much
0:08:03 > 0:08:05what you were doing individually,
0:08:05 > 0:08:09cos you knew from very early on this was a group effort,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11so you've all failed, you're all demoted.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14How do you feel about that?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Bit gutted, but we know we have to step it up now
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and we know we have to focus a lot more and work harder.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25So the other four need to try and follow suit,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28need to try and take a leaf from Robbie's book.
0:08:30 > 0:08:36I think Rob is like Mr Perfect, he's never going to get anything wrong.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Emily, would you demote you?
0:08:38 > 0:08:42I kind of feel wholly responsible for the demotion, actually.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45I don't think that's fair that I let my whole team down,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47just cos I was larking about.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50You're so brilliant when you don't have to work,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54but the minute you're put into a working environment,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57you just seem not to be able to get to grips with it.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01'We all got demoted and I think it was mostly my fault, wasn't it?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03'Yeah.'
0:09:05 > 0:09:07'Failing the task has been a massive blow for the team,
0:09:07 > 0:09:10'but I hope it will make them think.'
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I do worry that our kids don't yet truly understand
0:09:13 > 0:09:16just how hard you have to work here in Ghana, for so little.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20'I think Emily, especially, needs a reality check,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23'so I'm bringing her and Jasmine to meet someone
0:09:23 > 0:09:26'working in an even tougher part of the second-hand business.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30'18-year-old-year old Isiah works at the city's electronic waste dump
0:09:30 > 0:09:33'and lives here in one of the poorest parts of Accra.'
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Hello. Isiah?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Hello. How you do? I'm Stacey. - Hi. Nice to meet you.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41- This is your mum? Hello, Mum. - Yes, she's called Elizabeth.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Elizabeth, can I come in?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47'Although he's only a teenager, Isiah has been juggling school
0:09:47 > 0:09:50and work for as long as the girls have been alive.'
0:09:50 > 0:09:54You work hard, you study hard. so incredibly driven.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55TRANSLATION:
0:09:55 > 0:09:58When I was five years old I saw that my family was very poor.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Some of my friends would come and bring some money in,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05so I asked them, where did they get that money, so they showed me.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and I said, OK I will try and do some of that work.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11When you were five years old, five,
0:10:11 > 0:10:16you take it upon yourself to start working to give your family money.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Yes.- That's phenomenal.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21'After school, Isiah scavenges at the dump
0:10:21 > 0:10:23for scrap metal to sell and, at best, he brings home
0:10:23 > 0:10:25about 70p a day.'
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So what do you want to do in the future?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29TRANSLATION:
0:10:29 > 0:10:32I want to be an accountant, I am now in an Accounts class.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36In the future I want to be someone, I want to get a better house.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I also want to take care of my mum and dad.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42My mum's work is not good enough.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45She carries around a sewing machine on her head.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48If your shirt is torn she will sew it for you,
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Sometimes she gets no work, if she's lucky she gets five cedis.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55'That's just under £1.'
0:10:55 > 0:10:58You want to better yourself so you can help Mum out?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01So Mum doesn't have to carry the sewing machine on her head
0:11:01 > 0:11:03- every single day.- Yes.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05'Even with both Mum and Isiah's wages,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08they can still only afford the most basic accommodation -
0:11:08 > 0:11:11one room to live in, no running water
0:11:11 > 0:11:15and the only place to cook is in the street outside.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Where do you sleep?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20TRANSLATION: I sleep here, here is my bed.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22This is my mum and Dad,
0:11:22 > 0:11:25where they are sleeping, these are their pillows.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27So we've got Mum, Dad and Isiah in the one room,
0:11:27 > 0:11:31can you even imagine that?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34I don't even know what to say, to be honest.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38'Tell me what you're thinking?
0:11:38 > 0:11:42I just feel like this...
0:11:42 > 0:11:44This... I don't understand.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51'With Isiah, Emily was nothing like her usual chatterbox self,
0:11:51 > 0:11:53'so I take her aside to find out why.'
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Yeah, in there, I just...
0:11:56 > 0:12:01I felt like I had to... I couldn't show my emotions to him,
0:12:01 > 0:12:07without seeming rude or upsetting him in any way.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13So I kind of felt like I had to put a brave face on
0:12:13 > 0:12:16and it's just... when I came out,
0:12:16 > 0:12:18it's just really upset me.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21What's upset you? Tell me.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26I just don't understand
0:12:26 > 0:12:28why he has to live like that.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34All he wants to do is help his parents, really,
0:12:34 > 0:12:39and all we do is get our parents to do stuff for us.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I mean it's pretty full-on, isn't it?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44But that's the reason you girls are here, you know.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48This is the reality. That's his life.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Don't go crying on me. I'm saying it because I care.
0:12:52 > 0:12:53I don't want you lot to go home
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and think I didn't do it right, you know what I mean?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Yeah, I just feel really spoilt, awful.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Well, you are a bit spoilt Emily, you are.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- I am.- But you're a beautiful person inside deep down.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You are. I know you are.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08That's why I get so frustrated cos you are so capable,
0:13:08 > 0:13:13so funny, so wicked, but you can be so lazy, at times.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- My mum would say the same thing. - Yeah, I don't doubt it.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22So tomorrow, a fresh day, get up, do our teeth, get going.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- And work.- And work.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I mean it this time.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Oh, she means it this time. Yeah.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30All right, just get a wiggle on, then.
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Down here. Yeah?
0:13:36 > 0:13:37'Back at the hotel,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39'Emily and Jasmine can't wait to tell the others
0:13:39 > 0:13:40'what they've seen.'
0:13:40 > 0:13:44We met this boy called Isiah,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47and we went to their house and, I'm not kidding,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49their house was the size of that bathroom in there.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52They don't have a fridge, they don't have anything,
0:13:52 > 0:13:53like, anything.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57He wants to grow up one day and help support their family.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01Basically, he started working when he was five.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02What does he do?
0:14:02 > 0:14:06He sorts out metal from electronic parts, or something.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09And now we've asked if we can meet him up tomorrow.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11So we're going to go there tomorrow.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14And we're going to try his work job.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17'I'm hoping that meeting Isiah will inspire Emily
0:14:17 > 0:14:19'to put in a bigger effort tomorrow'
0:14:28 > 0:14:31It's the morning of day two and we're just getting ready now
0:14:31 > 0:14:32to leave our hotel.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34We're going to go visit Isiah at the place he works
0:14:34 > 0:14:36alongside many other kids.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37It's very shocking there
0:14:37 > 0:14:41and I have no idea how our kids are going to react.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47'This is where we're going to be working.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50'It's one of the world's largest electronic waste sites.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53'If you live in Europe, when you get rid one of your old computers,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57'phones or TVs, there is a good chance they could end up here.'
0:14:57 > 0:14:58You guys, look!
0:15:01 > 0:15:04'Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of unwanted appliances
0:15:04 > 0:15:08'and gadgets are shipped to Ghana and the local people work all day
0:15:08 > 0:15:11'to strip the re-usable materials from them.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14'What's left over is dumped here.'
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Ooh, look at all the smoke!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20If I have to stand by smoke, that's not good for my asthma.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23'As the old computers are stripped down here,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25'they release toxic gasses into the air,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28'so it's a very polluted place to work.'
0:15:28 > 0:15:29I want you to meet Mike.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- ALL:- Hello. - Hello.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Mike is going to be our expert today.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34'Mike knows the dangers of the site well
0:15:34 > 0:15:36and he is going to be our guide.'
0:15:36 > 0:15:40You're very welcome to Agbogbloshie, a dump site
0:15:40 > 0:15:42for discarded electronic equipment,
0:15:42 > 0:15:47but these things contain a wide range of chemicals that are toxic.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53So that is the reason why we'll have to put on our suits.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Can I just get this straight? We're wearing suits?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Mmmhmm.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Are they like radiation suits like the big...?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Well, they look like radiation suits,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06but they are basically to protect you from the pollutions.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08It's really scary.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11It's a bit daunting, but it's not scary if you follow
0:16:11 > 0:16:14every single thing that Mike asks you to do.
0:16:19 > 0:16:20Ooh.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I'm ready for action!
0:16:23 > 0:16:27'Our UK safety advisor has all insisted we all wear
0:16:27 > 0:16:29'these suits and breathing masks to protect us
0:16:29 > 0:16:33'from the chemicals at the site, but there are hundreds of Ghanaian
0:16:33 > 0:16:35'children here with no suit and no mask.'
0:16:37 > 0:16:39'We're fortunate enough
0:16:39 > 0:16:42'to have a whole team helping us to go down there.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44'We've got a medic that's just fitted our gas masks,
0:16:44 > 0:16:46it does really make you think about the kids down there
0:16:46 > 0:16:49that have no protection at all.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57- OK?- No, I don't want to do this.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00This is really scary.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02'Emily's not fooling around anymore
0:17:02 > 0:17:05'and all of us are shocked by what is around us.'
0:17:06 > 0:17:09This place is absolutely unbelievable,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I've never seen anything quite like it.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17'Everyone is searching for copper, aluminium and steel,
0:17:17 > 0:17:21and that'll be our kids' job in a minute, too.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Have you ever wondered what happens to your unwanted computers,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29cellphones, electronic gadgets, basically?
0:17:29 > 0:17:33I thought they went to car-boot sales.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38Is it quite shocking to think you were moaning about having to
0:17:38 > 0:17:41work in the shoe warehouse? Is this a wake-up call, I guess?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I had no idea. It's like,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I don't think I'm ever going to see anything as bad as this.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Ed talk to me, what do you make of all this?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53HE SIGHS
0:17:53 > 0:17:54What's up?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56ED STAYS SILENT
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- You want to say something in a minute?- Yeah.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03I just... I don't think this is living, this is just staying alive.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Robbie, tell me what you're thinking.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09I think it's a bit sad, really, that people have to go through
0:18:09 > 0:18:14this every day. A bit unfair.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Oh, my God, there's cows coming towards us!
0:18:17 > 0:18:20This happens to actually be their grazing grounds,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24but as you can see there is no grass for them.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28'And these poor cows are about the only wildlife left here.'
0:18:28 > 0:18:30This river had so much fish,
0:18:30 > 0:18:35but now nothing can be found in this particular river.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Do people live here?
0:18:37 > 0:18:38Yes, people live here.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Why would you want to live here?
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I know, I know. That's a very good question.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43- That's bad! - Yeah, that's bad.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Why would you do that?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48For some of them, they really don't have a choice.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Guys, I want you to have a look at that little girl selling stuff,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54with no protective clothing on.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56You find a lot of young people,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00six years, four years, five years having to sell here,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02they do fall sick very often.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06We look like idiots wearing all this protective clothing,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09because, if you look around no-one is.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12They're having to go around...
0:19:12 > 0:19:17in flip-flops, most of them, cos they have no choice
0:19:17 > 0:19:19because money here is so hard to get hold of.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Do you want to go and see if we can find Isiah?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- BOTH:- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27This is hot.
0:19:27 > 0:19:28'We might be protected,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31'but we are getting hotter in our suits, by the second'
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I've never been this sweaty in my life.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37'And it's wearing everyone down as we search the site for Isiah.'
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I'm really sweaty on my chin
0:19:39 > 0:19:42and I think it's going to slip off, my mask.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Isiah!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49How are you doing?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51Nice to see you again, we've brought the girls.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Hi.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55'And just as we're about to start work ourselves,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57'the heat becomes too much.'
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- OK? - Can I just like...?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- I'm sweating so much. I'm a bit light-headed.- OK.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08I can't. I just want to get back, so I can take the suit off.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11'With Rob and Ed feeling light-headed,
0:20:11 > 0:20:13'we have to abandon our plans
0:20:13 > 0:20:15'to scavenge for metal, alongside Isiah.'
0:20:19 > 0:20:21'The local kids are here all day.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23'Our five haven't managed an hour.'
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Oh!
0:20:26 > 0:20:30I was really tired and the gas mask was really hard to breathe in.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31You OK?
0:20:33 > 0:20:34That was so much to take in.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38If you mixed hell with computers
0:20:38 > 0:20:43and old junk that's how I would explain it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:48'I was trying to pretend it wasn't real cos it was over beyond.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52'It's literally just a wasteland of our old used computers and TVs.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55'I think some of my stuff might have ended up there or
0:20:55 > 0:20:58'some of my old computers and all that, which is kind of bad.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00'As our kids can't cope with the dump,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04'I've asked Isiah to come and meet us by our van.'
0:21:04 > 0:21:08Going there now was a lot to handle for all of us
0:21:08 > 0:21:09and it was just shocking.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11That place is very dangerous.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Have you ever got sick from working down there?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Yes, we use our bare hands to pick the metals,
0:21:16 > 0:21:19so there is dirty in our fingers
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and we got some cuts, as you can see.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25How much have you earned today?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Today I have only four cedis.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31'He said he made four cedis,
0:21:31 > 0:21:36that's like 70p, so basically he's just doing a lot for so little'
0:21:36 > 0:21:40- In the UK, we are so privileged, in many ways.- Yeah.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45And, despite that, Isiah works much harder than all of you.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50I didn't realise how bad the world was until I've had this opportunity
0:21:50 > 0:21:52to come and see for myself.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55We came down here today to see what it's like
0:21:55 > 0:21:58and I think our eyes are opened - all five of us.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03'I've earned 20 cedis, at a cocoa farm, working
0:22:03 > 0:22:09and I'd like to give it to you, to support you, on your way.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- So here you go. - Thank you and God bless you.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16'We were there for an hour
0:22:16 > 0:22:21'and it felt like hours and hours and hours.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26'And I was so upset, I don't even know how people can go there
0:22:26 > 0:22:30'every day, let alone live there.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41'As our five haven't managed to do anything themselves at the dump,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45'I'm taking them back to work at the second-hand shoe warehouse.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48'This morning was such a whirlwind for our five.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Each of them said they had never experienced anything quite like it.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Well, now we're back at the shoe warehouse
0:22:53 > 0:22:56and it's time for them to put their words into action.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59'Today their boss, Kay, has had a last-minute delivery
0:22:59 > 0:23:03'of men's shoes and he needs our kids to pair up a batch
0:23:03 > 0:23:04'for a regular customer.'
0:23:04 > 0:23:05IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE
0:23:05 > 0:23:07So are there definitely pairs in there?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Yeah.- Right good.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- We happy? - ALL:- Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Three, two, one... Go!
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Is that a pair?- This is mental.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19You fast, eh?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21- Ah!- They're not the same shoe.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Now, just remember where you've been this morning,
0:23:24 > 0:23:26remember how hard you said you were going to work.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28I'm determined to get a wage this time
0:23:28 > 0:23:31because we were disappointing last time.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35After meeting Isiah it's inspired me to work harder,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37so that's what I'm going to do.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43'But finding matching shoes in this pile is not an easy job.'
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Nine, six.- That's a seven.- Six.- six. - Oh!
0:23:46 > 0:23:50You don't understand how happy I'll be when I find a pair.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54They all look the same, it's really hard to pair them.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58'And Emily's determination to do well soon gives way to whingeing.'
0:23:58 > 0:24:01It's just like too much I don't know where to start.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Try and find it, it's there. Every shoe has a pair.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07SHE GROANS
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Emily, talk me through what's going on,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11cos I'm getting a bit frustrated watching you.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12What's going on? Tell me.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Cos there's so many shoes, I just don't know where to start,
0:24:15 > 0:24:17it's so irritating.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Do you think it's as irritating as working on toxic waste?
0:24:20 > 0:24:21Obviously, no.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Rob impressed the boss last time and he's the first to strike gold.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30HE GASPS
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Found my first pair.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33You found your first pair.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34EMILY APPLAUDS
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Good lad, all right, Emily.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- Less of that let's get working, then.- OK.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Go, go, go, go.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42'If the others want to be in with a chance of a wage they need to
0:24:42 > 0:24:43'up their game.'
0:24:43 > 0:24:46SHE GASPS Oh, no!
0:24:46 > 0:24:48'Ed's keen to do as well as Rob today
0:24:48 > 0:24:50'and he's going great guns.'
0:24:50 > 0:24:52This is a pair. This might be a pair.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55This pair.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Yes!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59It's not pair, see.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04So the lads are the only one with a pair. Girls you're lagging.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08OK. Let's play rock, paper, scissors for it, you ready?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11'And Emily is going from bad to worse'
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Rock, paper, scissors. Rock, paper, scissors.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15- Yes!- No!
0:25:18 > 0:25:20What on earth is going on here?
0:25:20 > 0:25:23We're playing games, we're shouting, we're throwing shoes,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26this is just not cool. It's just...I'm flabbergasted.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29'And the boss has seen enough.'
0:25:29 > 0:25:30Finish, I will check the pair.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I didn't get any.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36'The girls haven't found any pairs at all
0:25:36 > 0:25:38'and the boys end with just two each.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43'Kay's workers will have to finish the job.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46'It's not been our lot's finest hour.'
0:25:49 > 0:25:51'It's time to take stock of the last few days.'
0:25:51 > 0:25:54'Local expert Mike is back to translate for Kay
0:25:54 > 0:25:58'and he reminds our group why the work they've been doing matters.'
0:25:58 > 0:26:01The second-hand market is so important to Ghana.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Many people depend on these second-hand items,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07they make money from them, basically.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11And, Kay, I wonder if you could talk to us a bit about who impressed you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE:
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Well, Robert did very well and Edward, fantastic.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Rob, how are you feeling?
0:26:21 > 0:26:23I'm quite proud, I guess.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Ed you seem to have really impressed the boss today.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Yeah. It's actually nice having the positive feedback for once.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33And the girls?
0:26:33 > 0:26:37HE SPEAKS IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE:
0:26:37 > 0:26:38The girls did not impress me.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44I would want them to work really hard next time.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Emily, it's literally like you didn't meet Isiah -
0:26:46 > 0:26:50it's like you don't know that places like the dump exist.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54It's like you don't understand how precious these jobs are.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58If Isiah had that job, doing the shoes, he would like grasp it
0:26:58 > 0:27:02with both his hands and do an amazing job,
0:27:02 > 0:27:06but I think I've really let myself down.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10And you can do it. I know you can.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13You're amazing when you're on form.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18So would the boss hire any of our five?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Robert and Edward.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24OK. So wages just for the boys today.
0:27:24 > 0:27:2920 cedis, so remember how precious this is for you.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32And Ed, this is your first wage, so well done.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Well done, boys. You should be very, very proud.
0:27:35 > 0:27:40'Next time on Show Me What You're Made Of, they're pineapple farmers.'
0:27:40 > 0:27:41SHE GROANS
0:27:41 > 0:27:43'The bosses get tougher.'
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Everybody have to work hard.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46Hurry up, hurry up.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47And when Rob takes charge...
0:27:47 > 0:27:48You will do what I say.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50What? I'm off!
0:27:50 > 0:27:51...will the rest revolt?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53So livid with him.