3. The President of IDA spent two stints of 6 and 3 months in jail on false cases instigated by kiln owners. His time in jail and subsequent release had a great positive impact on the workers’ movement, and forced the district administration to support the laborers rather than the kiln workers as had been the past practice. IDA has now become a model for organizations working for the rights of laborers in the country.

9. Rehabilitation of freed and bonded laborers in the brick kiln industry through education, legal identity and Economic development: IDA has also implemented a project in the selected brick kiln of Districts Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan funded by ILO. The focus of the project was educational support to the children of bonded labor, vocational training of female freed / bonded laborers, assistant to obtain CNICs for their legal identity, awareness campaign on health and hygiene and capacity building of DVC on bonded labor Abolition act 1992.

13. Mr. Rafiq Jaffer’s Comments: As the Chief Monitor/Technical Advisor for CIDA governance projects in Pakistan, in October 2007 I visited the CIDA-funded project being implemented by IDA in Sahiwal. I was extremely impressed by the dedication and commitment of the IDA team and the tremendous positive impact of their work on the bonded laborers and the district administration. IDA has been able to achieve in months what would have taken years otherwise. I am also involved as a consultant in Trocaire’s bonded labor program in Pakistan since 2005, and found that IDA’s impact was greater than that of all the eight Trocaire’s partners put together. I wrote an article on IDA based on my visit, which was widely circulated, and Trocaire has offered its partners to go on an exposure visit to Sahiwal.– Rafiq Jaffer, Chief Monitor/Technical Advisor for CIDA governance projects in Pakistan.

14. Over 20 million children aged 5-16 years old work in Pakistan including 1.1 million working children in brick kiln industry, actually bonded labour is the cause of child labour. In this connection, IDA child labour campaign "Children should learn not earn" is based on a three fold approach - schooling, campaign and organizing. Setting up schools for child workers in Pakistan has pulled out thousands of children from work. Even if the direct beneficiaries are the children, the indirect beneficiaries have been thousands of workers who have benefited in terms of wages and other benefits, thereby taking care of the economic reason that pushes children into workforce. “ STRUGGLE AGAINST SLAVERY THROUGH EDUCATION ”

15. PHOTO GALLARY (IDA ACTIVITIES)