Investing in Humane Brick MakingSustainable solutions are the key to ending bonded labor. This program will solve the systemic problems of slavery within the brick kilns. Funds from this program are to purchase acreage, construct environmentally friendly brick kilns, and implement inexpensive modern brick formation technology. By modeling a profitable brick kiln with developed technology, in partnership with other organizations, we are implementing a proof of concept that will help educate other brick kiln owners. We believe the time is NOW. Sentiments are changing, and global partnerships are pushing to see bonded labor come to an end. As a non-profit organization, we view this as a social investment, and the profits will be used to fund roughly 50 other programs. For businesses, grantmakers, and philanthropists, additional information is available upon request. |
Program components
- Fair Wages
- Access to clean water
- Safety and Security
- Elimination of illegal child labor
- Access to education
- Clean living environment with access to a bathroom
- Clean water
- Introduction of Machine Brick Making
- ZIG ZAG Brick Kiln Technology
- Environmentally Friendly Solutions
- Government registration for undocumented citizens
GREAT PARTNERSHIPS
Our friend Syeda Ghulam Fatiama has successfully run three brick kilns without slave labor. Syeda is best known for her work as a human rights activist in the brick kilns. She is the recipient of the Clinton global citizen award and is now known around the world for her work to end bonded labor in the Middle East & Asia. Having been shot and stabbed while attempting to rescue bonded laborers, she knows firsthand the brutality of bonded labor.
With over thirty years of experience fighting to end slavery, she has made several significant milestones, such as the legal rights to emancipate bonded labor, and advanced strategies to end it. In spending time with Syeda and listening to her team’s strategy, we have confirmed that the solutions are simple and a collective effort will result in a change. The use and demonstration of more efficient technology is the way forward.
With over thirty years of experience fighting to end slavery, she has made several significant milestones, such as the legal rights to emancipate bonded labor, and advanced strategies to end it. In spending time with Syeda and listening to her team’s strategy, we have confirmed that the solutions are simple and a collective effort will result in a change. The use and demonstration of more efficient technology is the way forward.
wHY RUN A BRICK KILN?The issue of bonded labor is not just an issue of morality, it's a systemic problem built into the system of the brickmaking industry. Freeing families is not enough if the system isn't changed in the process. At All People Free we want to end slavery, which means addressing the parts of the brickmaking system that rely on and encourage slave labor. In the long term, this means we'll be changing the very heart of how brick making is done, creating desirable jobs with fair wages, and investing in communities from the ground up. Sustainable manufacturing is necessary, not only to end the existing practices of modern slavery, but to disincentivize those practices from ever occurring again. Join us in our pursuit of manufacturing sustainability in the brickmaking industry and ending the practice of modern day slavery. |
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