[Image: Example of a trench where bonded laborers are forced to work and the structure where they live.] Suhani* is a 16-year-old girl from a

When two brothers were found working long days in a motorcycle garage, a timely intervention changed the course of their lives and their family’s future.  Kanu* and Manu* are

Nandkishore Rishi Dev* spent most of his life trapped in the cycle of bonded labour. Being in a poor household with no land or stable livelihood led to

Freedom Begins: Reclaiming the Right to Choose When Hareram* was freed from bonded labor in May 2023, freedom meant more than leaving exploitation behind. For

Seeking to escape a difficult childhood, Rosie* married at an early age to an abusive man who treated her cruelly. Unable to bear the mistreatment, Rosie left home and was sitting at a nearby railway station,

In 2022, 14 families (totaling 41 people) migrated from their home communities to work at a brick kiln in another region of northern India. Each

For years, Ranjan Manjhi and eleven families from the Musahar community of scheduled caste members lived under the crushing weight of bonded labor. They had