Cleaner, brighter futures

摘要

Hafiza's life in the brick kilns of Bangladesh is a story of before and after. Once she was like the thousands of seasonal workers who labored in searing conditions underthefive-story smokestacks of fixed chimney kilns spewing so much coal dust and other pollution that it killed surrounding vegetation. Temporary housing lacked access to clean water or local health care, and families like hers moved around in search of other jobs when the kilns shut down during monsoon.