How Millions Are Trapped In Modern-Day Slavery At Brick Kilns In Pakistan | Risky Business
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Many viewers have asked us how they can help the Meghwar family, featured in our documentary. The Green Bricks Foundation is raising money for them and plans on building a school for children in Azad Nagar. greenbricksfoundation.com/
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How Millions Are Trapped In Modern-Day Slavery At Brick Kilns In Pakistan | Risky Business
All Comments (21)
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The fact the entire family is stuck doing this because of something like a hospital bill is heart breaking
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Making people work off their "debt" without telling them how much they owe and exploiting both their labour and illiteracy is absolutely heinous. I would be surprised if any family has ever actually paid off this "debt". Just a thin excuse for slavery.
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The fact they aren’t angry with the debt collector makes me angry
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WTF?!?! 2 decades? 4 people worked for 2 decades to pay off ONE bill?
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"the family doesn't blame him" broke my heart, these people are so pure and are living a life of indentured slavery...
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I remember doing a research project on modern day slavery, and the brick making slaves as a senior in high school. That was 12 years ago. It sucks knowing nothings changed.
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This ain’t “modern day slavery”, this is slavery. Period. The same kind of slavery that has existed for thousands of years.
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My question is: what can we do about this? Whenever I watch a documentary like this, I’m saddened, heartbroken, and grateful for the knowledge, but I’m always left feeling like, “Okay, now what can I do to alleviate their suffering?”
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There’s no damn way their orginal debt hasn’t been payed off already or nearly so. The kiln owners are cruel to inflict this on these people.😔
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This is the kind of journalism that's really important, but sadly often ignored. Thank you, for this story and shining some light what's going on.
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5:03 the boy says his parents are proud of his work and I can’t imagine feeling happy because you’re good at something you’re not even supposed to know at his age
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This is where half my family are from. Im humbled and glad my grandma came here in UK to save her 3 remaining sons, one who is my father. Love you grandma Fatima xxxxxx
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What truly haunts me is that they have been lead to believe they deserve this. There is nothing that could justify this, and absolutely nothing that could lead me to believe that a child deserved to be born into paying back a debt that they did not create. Really, no debt should lead to this…
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A 70 year old woman doing this? I'm 73, and this got to me. I would be dead in a week. And trapping the whole family into this phony "debt." This is simply cruel, inhumane, slavery.
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This is the reason why literacy is so damn important. It’s heartbreaking to see people getting exploited and abused like this and signing a debt that they don’t understand. “Slavery is banned. What can we do to continue exploiting people and make them work for free?” “Just make them sign a contract that they don’t understand, and then trap them in never ending debt, so they’ll work for us forever to pay off their debt!”
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Not even a teenager and he already gave up hope for a better life. What's more devastating than this.
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When she said “I don’t dream and I have never dreamed” it broke my heart. It’s so disgusting that we as human beings can be so cruel to each other, to knowingly cause pain and misery to others.
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Why not end the documentary with a way to help? I'd write a check today for what this poor family owes. I'm thankful for the awareness, but give the audience the ability to help.
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That young boy seems so intelligent and wise. This just absolutely breaks my heart…
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I've been to Pakistan myself, and brick kilns are not just awful but often illegal. They cause insane smog in Lahore, and are often unregulated. Their debts are definitely paid off, and they're unfortunately trapped in slave conditions with no concept or moral to get out of it. It's crazy how human beings can convince other humans into slavery, using fear and psychological harassment. If only they knew they were free.
