Bonded labour

Stories and updates from partners using community-centred media to address the issue of bonded labour.

Adivasi Shopkeeper

Breaking the Poverty Trap

By Amy Hargreaves (Guest contributor) / May 28, 2022

Amy gains a deeper understanding of some of India’s indigenous tribal people, the Adivasis, and the complex challenges that stand in the way of their health and wellbeing, including the remarkable story of a young couple set free from bonded labour.

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Cricket

Cricket match brings hope for bonded labourers

By Jon Hargreaves / March 21, 2022

An unusual cricket match launches a mobile phone app for bonded labourers from Adivasi villages in Maharashtra to help free them from bondage.

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Adivasi app on phone

An app to tackle bonded labour

By Jon Hargreaves / January 19, 2022

Our partners in India have come up with the idea of developing an innovative app that tackles the widespread problem of bonded labour.

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men loading bricks into donkey packs

Brickmakers speak out

By Johnny Fisher and Hazeen Latif / October 20, 2021

Due to the sensitivity of this issue, faces are blurred to protect identities of local workers Brickmaker factory owners in South Asia are notorious for their mistreatment of workers. Despite…

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Adivasi Listeners

We did it ourselves!

By Jon Hargreaves / October 18, 2021

When we work in and with communities, one of our animating principles is: “Start with what’s strong, not with what’s wrong,” which, by the way is the subject of a…

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