Six young British consumers swap their luxury lives for the simple mud huts and shanty towns of Africa and Asia to work alongside the people who mine, manufacture, process and recycle luxury goods

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Tue 8 Jun 2010 02:45 BBC Three

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  • Photo: The group with locals at the sapphire mine, Madagascar

    Photo: The group with locals at the sapphire mine, Madagascar

    Our group of young Brits are immersed in the world of gem mining in Madagascar.

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    BBC Three Blog

    After lots of you got in touch to tell us how deeply shocked and affected you were by the living and working conditions featured in Blood, Sweat and Luxuries, the BBC Three blog has drawn together some great ideas to get you started in helping the people in the programme.

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