Support-11500-kids-out-of-child-labour-&-poverty
Anita Jedgule, bidi-roller
Anita in the cigaretter 'bidi' rolling factory
Anita in front of bags of tobacco
The sacks of tobacco that the women and children roll into cigarettes
A girl sleeping in the bidi-rolling factory
Until the project set up creches and pre-school facilities, infants and children had to spend all day in the toxic enclosed atmosphere of the factories, which gave them bad health and kept them out of education. Many would start helping their mothers as soon as they are big enough.
Girl playing on a swing in the pre-school
Now the children get to enjoy their childhood through the creche and pre-school which removes them from the factories