Freeing Workers of Bonded Labor at 100 Brick Kilns

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Summary

This project aims to provide a brick making machine to brick making families at 100 kilns.

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Several thousand families are dependent on their livelihoods of brick making where productivity and income is very low. This forces the families to take huge loans and pledge the labour of their family members, including children. The brick making is a manual process. Through a brick making machine which is being developed by CIWCE, we intend to empower these families. This machine will enhance the income of the families and free the children for schooling.

Activities

By provision of brick making machine to the brick making families we intend to improve their income, enhance productivity and free them from the debts they incur due to low income from slow work that they do through manual brick making.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $85
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $299,915
Total Funding Goal: $300,000

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will result in empowerment of 10000 person inluding children and women. It will spare the children for education, improve health and income of the 1500 families

Project Message

Thousands of workers are waiting to be liberated from slave-like work. Brick making technology can change their lives.
- Maqsood, 40 year old brick maker

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Saeed Awan,
Director
Centre for Improvement of Working Condtions & Env.
Township (Near Chandni Chowk)
Lahore, Punjab 54000
Pakistan
+92 42 9262145
Email:

Project Sponsor

The Tech Museum Awards

Organization

Centre for Improvement of Work Conditions & Env.
Township (Near Chandni Chowk)
Lahore, Punjab 54000
Pakistan
+92-42-9262145
http://www.ciwce.org.pk

Learn more about Centre for Improvement of Work Conditions & Env. and the project team.


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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Pakistan and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Pakistan, read the Human Development Report on Pakistan or the Wikipedia entry for Pakistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 04, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on February 29, 2008.

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