Hard Labor in Nepal’s Brick Factories

Brian Sokol was working as a guide in Nepal when he became interested in the hundreds of brick factories scattered throughout the 220-square-mile stretch of the Katmandu Valley. Millions of workers, many of them poor migrants, depend on the labor-intensive process. In the late evenings at the Kadambini Brick Factory, it’s not uncommon to find children drinking wine or lighting up a cigarette after a hard day’s work.