Indian Nobel laureate fights child slavery

Kailash Satyarthi and his NGO have have freed more than 80,000 children from bonded labour in the past 30 years.

Kailash Satyarthi, who shares the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Mamama Yousafzai, gave up a career in engineering to start an NGO that focuses on rescuing boys from bonded labour.

The Indian man and his organisation have freed more than 80,000 working children in the past 30 years.

Al Jazeera’s Karishma Vyas reports from Rajasthan.

Source: Al Jazeera

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