India has more people in slavery than any other country in the world. It also has a law against slavery. The charity, Volunteers for Social Justice, has used this law to free over 30,000 people from slavery. The main thing stopping them liberating more people is a lack of money. It can cost as little as £125/$200 in legal costs to release someone from slavery.

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Harjinder Ram, Sarvan Kumar, his two sons Raju and Prakash (left to right) are enslaved in a brick-making factory in Punjab.  They work there with their families, including 8 children aged 11 and under.  They travelled from their home state of Rajasthan. When they arrived they took a loan from the brick factory owner to pay for food and other basic needs. 

They are paid as little as £2.50 for every thousand bricks they make by hand. There are no toilets or clean drinking water at the factory. One of their colleagues managed to escape from the factory and made a complaint to local officials. In response the owner began to physically beat and threaten the remaining workers. 

 Mongol Singh (right)
"If I dare to runaway, the landlord I work for will track me down. I'm trapped", said Mongol Singh.

He and his father left their home in central India to find work in the north Indian state of Punjab.

When Harinder, Sarvan, Raju and Prakash left the factory to buy food from the local market, they were surrounded, beaten up and threatened by a large group of men who were friends of the factory owner.  Harinder, Sarvan, Raju and Prakash and their families want to leave the brick factory, but the owner will not let them go.

It will cost Volunteers for Social Justice £500/$777 in legal fees to enforce the law and free Harinder, Sarvan, Prakash, Raju, and their families. Just click on this ChipIn link to make a small donation towards these costs.
 

They borrowed around £150 from the landlord, and in exchange they had to work for him. "I've now worked on his farm for 3 years, but instead of paying off my debt the landlord now says I owe him over £700," Mongol Singh said. "I can't leave because the landlord has threatened to implicate me in the suicide of a fellow worker. What can I do?"
 

It will cost Volunteers for Social Justice just £125/$200 in legal fees to enforce the law and free Mongol Singh and his father from slavery. Just click on this ChipIn link to make a small donation towards these costs.
 

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