Friday
Feb252011
Life in India's Brick Kilns: A Photo Tour
Friday, February 25, 2011 at 10:20AM
In the course of our right to education advocacy in Mewat, it came to our attention that hundreds of out-of-state children were laboring in the district’s 30 brick kilns. Operational only eight months out of the year, the sweltering kilns draw landless migrants from across India who cannot leave their children behind, nor can they afford to send them to school once in Mewat. Children as young as four are working grueling 12 to 16-hour days at the expense of attending school. A child making bricks in Mewat can earn about $1 per day.
The final photo (above) features a handful of the hundreds of brick kiln children that Lotus Outreach has enrolled in school since 2009. A donation of $60 will give one child the resources she needs to go to school this year. Learn more or make a contribution at http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/endchildlabor/
The final photo (above) features a handful of the hundreds of brick kiln children that Lotus Outreach has enrolled in school since 2009. A donation of $60 will give one child the resources she needs to go to school this year. Learn more or make a contribution at http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/endchildlabor/
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