Education against child labor in brick factories.

Exchanging bricks for books

Child exploitation is one of the most serious problems in Pahasaur area, where more than 500 brick factories operate. Thousands of families move here every year from other states in India looking for job opportunities.

The operating season of the factories is approximately 9 months and families move into the area with their children, making it impossible for them to attend school in their hometowns and having to live in rather poor living conditions.

Families build small huts every year with defective bricks around the factories in which they work, without access to potable water and basic sanitation.

Detected need:

Child labor exploitation in brick factories in Pahasaur

Proposed solution:

Education (daily classes for children) and awareness (with families and factory managers)

Objectives:

To put an end to child labor and improve the living conditions of minors and their families:

Providing educational facilities and an enabling environment for the promotion of early childhood education for all children in intervention brick kilns.

Raise awareness among children and factory communities on the value of education, health, hygiene, sanitation, gender equality, domestic violence, state social assistance and fundamental rights.