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One man is turning trash into string instruments for slum kids to play.

June 16, 2014

"The world sends us garbage - we send back music". That's the motto of Favio Chavez. He opened a music school in Cateura on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital Asuncion. There’s no money for instruments - but no shortage of refuse in the neighborhood.

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Gomez turns the garbage into violins, guitars, cellos and other musical instruments. The orchestra he started has had invitations to perform around the world. A documentary film about the project called "Landfill Harmonic” has received backing from crowd funding.