FORMER SEX WORKERS quilt two layers of old saris to make throws, etc.

Yesterday, I visited the Bengal Gallery in Lalmatia, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  There were photos featuring several issues including child labor.  It mentioned that 17.5% of the children between age 5-15 work with the average income a max of $10 per month whereas the average adult laborer receives $50 per month.  In the brick factories they get paid $0.90 for every 1,000 bricks they handle!  Those working in the silver cooking pot factories get 200 taka ($2.80)  per week working 10 hrs per day.  In this poor country the families are desperate for food and so send their children to work, sacrificing the opportunity for education, etc.