Insan Dost Association (IDA)

The funding is the lifeblood of the organization but it depends on any organizational capability of management of financial resources IDA is truly among the organizations for better allocation IDA allocate the fund in a way to facilitate the target community in a better way. The funding of stated Challenge is suitable enough for IDA to improve their geographical exposure and outreach their area of operation towards the vulnerable communities. IDA will use all the funds in achievement of the overall objective of initiating a sustainable combat against use of debt bondage and trafficking men, women and children at brick kilns through eliminate the bonded labor using advocacy, vocational and lobbing approaches, by facilitating them to acquire their CNICs and Social Security Cards and register as voters. IDA will use this fund to mobilize the communities for the protection and promotion of their rights, especially among the brick kiln community through legal aid cells, and FM Radio campaign. Moreover, IDA will provide opportunities of free primary education to the working children, especially among the brick kiln workers. IDA will empower the women representation at various levels, enhance the protection of women’s human rights and reduce violence against women through advocacy.

In 1986 Mr.Anjum raza was a field worker in Insurance Company, visited a brick kiln with his co-workers for the life insurance of workers or owner. The brick kiln workers began to weep bitterly before them and requested to release them from the hardships and loans of the kiln owner.They also explained how they spent almost-their whole life with the family working on the kiln just to return their loans,but there was no decrease in the loans. They were deprived of their fundamental rights of freedom of movement,choice of job,access to basic social-services, and subjected to extreme forms of physical-mental and sexual abuse.Thanks to Anjum 75,000  kiln workers have been liberated,over 28,000 of them children.

IDA vision: Envisages a society free of bonded labor where people, particularly the most vulnerable,are able to live in dignity and without any discrimination and enjoy basic human rights.

IDA purpose: Strives to achieve a bonded-labor free society by building the awareness and mobilizing them to struggle for their rights,and working with government agencies,to provide freedom,social protection and citizenship rights,to people in bondage.

IDA future goal:Is to eliminate the system of bonded labor in Pakistan and improve the conditions,of bonded laborers and their families.

IDA is working on bonded & child labor for elimination slavery in Pakistan According to the Global Slavery Index, Pakistan is among the 10 countries with the highest prevalence of modern slavery in the world, with an estimated figure of 3.7 million slaves in a population of 220 million. Bonded labor is one of the most commonly encountered forms of modern slavery, spread especially widely among the brick kilns workers.After receiving small loans, families become enslaved to the kiln owner to pay back their debt. It often takes a generation or more to repay the loans with interest and until then, families remain a “property” of the moneylender. Unfortunately, children are not excluded from this vicious cycle. These laborers are routinely deprived of their most fundamental human rights of freedom of movement, choice of job, access to basic social services, and subjected to rampant discrimination, harassment, unsafe conditions, exploitation, abuse, and sexual violence. 

Solution of the problems:IDA  providing legal aid to workers and facilitate laborers  to access their basic rights like Social security cards, National identity cards, enrollment of working children’s  into schools, skill development programs, conduct rallies for increasing in wages, advocacy seminar campaign, formation of DVCs.

IDA is amongst the pioneer organizations that raised voice against the human rights exploitation. IDA activated the District Vigilance Committee (DVC) for the first time in 2005 when the CSOs were least conscious to undertake this intervention for the better attainment of the desirable results in the struggle against bonded labor/slavery and regulation of labor laws. IDA had other options in its thematic areas but the preferences given to the bonded men, women and children was the first and foremost choice because this working area was unique in the sense of least approached and a source of onrush thrush of abuses like sexual harassment, illiteracy, poverty, trafficking, poor health and hygiene and environmental pollution are found abundantly on the same venue.   

A major challenge is the DVCs to become functional and active.

The other major challenge  to form and facilitate the functioning of kiln workers unions.

Liberating  bonded  workers at different  kilns is major disruptive from the kiln owner.

Facing fake accusation cases against IDA staff instigated by  kiln owners  to stop working on bonded & child labor is  major challenge

IDA taking these steps in order to achieve its planned impact on  his bonded and child labor works.

-Increase coordination between civil society actors across the province.

-Activate District Vigilance Committees to ensure the objectives of the Bonded Labor Laws are better achieved.

-Develop a repository of data and improve working knowledge of conditions on these brick kilns.

-Raise awareness about trafficking and inform victims and at risk populations about their rights.

-Establishing labor unions to give voice to brick kiln workers and increase their capacity to realize their rights

-Teach vocational skills to provide laborers with alternative sources of income and protect them from debt bondage.

-Activate the Bonded Labor Fund allowing workers to access funds to cover right protection and prosecution needs.

-Facilitate the ability of bonded laborers to report rights violations and get justice.

IDA believe that helping each other shows us humanity at the same thing bring us closer to us  IDA strives to achieve a free society from bonded-labor where brick kiln workers get all equal rights like access their fundamental rights of freedom of movement, choice of job, access to basic social services, and get citizenship right