A labor family busy in making bricks at a kiln subrub. Families working in brick kilns are traditionally some of the most marginalized communities in Pakistan. Many are trapped in debt bondage: seeking loans from kiln owners for medical or family expenses, or simply to weather the monsoon season when brickmaking comes to a halt, they spend the rest of the year paying back the loan at exorbitant interest rates. Since payment is by number of bricks made, entire families, even young children, are employed in this hazardous and exploitative work. An entire family works 14 hours a day, six days a w
A labor family busy in making bricks at a kiln subrub. Families working in brick kilns are traditionally some of the most marginalized communities in Pakistan. Many are trapped in debt bondage: seeking loans from kiln owners for medical or family expenses, or simply to weather the monsoon season when brickmaking comes to a halt, they spend the rest of the year paying back the loan at exorbitant interest rates. Since payment is by number of bricks made, entire families, even young children, are employed in this hazardous and exploitative work. An entire family works 14 hours a day, six days a week shaping mud into bricks in the searing heat to earn about Rs 18,000 (US$ 153) a month. (Photo by Rana Sajid Hussain / Pacific Press)
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Keywords: brick, daily, kiln, labor, laborer, lahore., life, making, pakistan, punjab, subrub, workers, working
