– Project partners/co-funder(s): Italian Agency for Development Cooperation & the International Labour Organization
– Areas targeted: Sialkot
– Overarching goal: provide literacy to brick kilm workers & ameriolate the socio-economic challenges faced by brick kiln workers (and their family units)
– Work/internal functionings of the project: Bunyad developed partnerships with the relevant stakeholders (i.e., district governments; line departments; training institutes; district offices; workers and employers organizations; NGOs; media outlets; other civil society organizations) + focused on community mobilization to leverage local resources

• connected over 10200 families with social safety nets
• provided 3145 workers with functional literacy through NFE centres (across 125 different brick kilns)
• organized (income-generating) skills training programs
• connected workers and their families to microfinance providers
• connected workers and their families to social protection services/schemes
• provided workers and their families access to free health screenings
• facilitated workers and their families in obtaining CNICs and registering births
• spread awareness about the improvement of working conditions under Occupational Health and Safety standards so as to promote Decent Work