This article covers the very successful fundraising set into motion by the Bonded Labour Liberation Front. In a matter of three days it raised $2 million dollars. The founder, Syeda Ghulam Fatima, has given her life to the cause and continues to provide help and raise money. A series of pictures taken by photographer Brandon Stanton, helped Fatima's organization gain world-wide recognition, through Facebook, online news articles, and other social media. The Bonded Labour Liberation Front specializes in assisting people who have taken loans from the brick making companies in Pakistan, an action that lands them in an inescapable growing pile of debt. Fatima has survived arrest and torture, and has saved many other victims from the cruelty of the conditions and treatments the brick companies oppress them with. Her selfless bravery has cost her financially, physically and emotionally, yet she continues to help those less fortunate with no thoughts towards hope.
Syeda Ghulam Fatima is acting as a guide to a way out for the indentured brick workers of Pakistan. She has become a hero to many of her people, helping them find freedom. She has been compared to a similar American hero, Harriet Tubman, who led thousands of enslaved Africans and African- Americans on the Underground Railroad. Their leadership stands to show the power of passionate people who are willing to fight for justice, even when the odds are not in their favor.
Michaela Molden
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/19/asia/pakistan-humans-new-york-bonded-labor/index.html
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