Income-generating projects
CRS, through the Center for the Defense of Human Life and Rights (CDVDH) in Açailandia, Brazil, helps develop income-generating projects for long-term economic progress. By developing these income alternatives, CRS and CDVDH hope to reduce the recruitment of at-risk workers and the number of victims of slave labor. The local income generation groups are supported by the CRS/US Dept. of Labor TRILHAS project.
In one project, shown in the video below, a remarkable man has developed the patent to produce charcoal from easily obtainable waste products. We were there a few days after the new equipment arrived. This project has the potential to employ, at the beginning, several dozen workers who were ex-slaves. The man who developed the process over five years is ceding the rights to the group in common.
Eco-charcoal production, video loading below:
CRS, through the Center for the Defense of Human Life and Rights (CDVDH) in Açailandia, Brazil, helps develop income-generating projects for long-term economic progress. By developing these income alternatives, CRS and CDVDH hope to reduce the recruitment of at-risk workers and the number of victims of slave labor. The local income generation groups are supported by the CRS/US Dept. of Labor TRILHAS project.
In one project, shown in the video below, a remarkable man has developed the patent to produce charcoal from easily obtainable waste products. We were there a few days after the new equipment arrived. This project has the potential to employ, at the beginning, several dozen workers who were ex-slaves. The man who developed the process over five years is ceding the rights to the group in common.
Eco-charcoal production, video loading below:
Income-generating projects: children's toy
production
In this slideshow, you will see a number of men and women producing prototypes of wooden toys that will be sold to schools. A project of the Center for the Defense of Human Life and Rights (CDVDH), a partner of CRS.
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In this slideshow, you will see a number of men and women producing prototypes of wooden toys that will be sold to schools. A project of the Center for the Defense of Human Life and Rights (CDVDH), a partner of CRS.
View slideshow.