Saving Children In Poverty (SCIP Inc)

Caste System in India discriminates against people who are born into a particular caste. It’s prevalent across rural and urban areas, depending on the type of person you are dealing with. In ancient India, people’s jobs were defined by the caste they were born into. So a shoemaker’s child could not dream of becoming an engineer but was supposedly destined to be a “shoemaker” only. Over time, this notion was fought and equal opportunity was provided for everyone to succeed. Because of years of oppression that people faced due to their birth caste, the Indian government has passed reservation quota in education and jobs to ensure that the ones suppressed are no longer left behind and given a platform to shine. Saving Children in Poverty is a not-for-profit NGO working in the Sector Four Slum of Faridabad, India. Many people in the slum, even though not educated, have successfully escaped the chains of caste discrimination. Still, the cleaning community in the Slum is treated … diff

In a world where everything moves fast -- from food to trains to fashion -- it can be difficult to keep a tab on where your clothes are made. But if you were to dig deep into the source of how some of most revered branded clothes are made then you’d not only flinch but also never use that brand again. Let’s look at five (not an exhaustive list by any margin!) fashion brands that use sweatshops. Forever 21 Even though twenty to thirty percent of its clothes are made in the US, the LA garment industry  faced a backlash for their sweatshop-like conditions . The U.S. Department of Labour had unearthed an investigation wherein a factory was making its workers work  over 10 hours a day without any remuneration for overtime . A worker claimed that she wasn’t paid by the hour but paid per item, i.e. she was  paid a meagre 12 cents  for a garment that was later sold for $13.80. Forever 21 has been  mired in a few sketchy controversies  that doesn’t instil any confidence.