Hard Labor in Nepal’s Brick Factories
Hundreds of brick factories are scattered through part of Nepal’s Katmandu Valley, where even children toil amid clouds of red dust and the heat of kilns.
via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/08/hard-labor-in-nepals-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.
