Tirupur, India suicide rates

GHNI has ongoing work in Tirupur, India, a textile (clothing) industry city. Our work there is in seeking to help in lowering the extremely high suicide rates of these workers. Conditions are unbearable in many factories there. A typical work week is 6 days, 12 hours each day and a pay of only $3-$5.5 per day. A good WEB site to start looking at this is at:

http://www.sewingmantra.com/index.php/news/increasing-garment-worker-suicides-in-tirupur-india/

Textile Factory - Tirupur, India

About GHNI daniel emig

Global Hope Network International - GHNI E. Europe & S. Asia Lead Assist Click to edit summaryI and our work in GHNI – Global Hope Network International seek to help the poorest of the poor become self-sustaining and human in the fullest sense. Using location-based relationships and resources, GHNI allows these to be the catalyst of change discovered and embraced. Via our mentoring on, and access to, water, food, wellness (health), education, and finances; people are freed to live the whole lives they were meant to live.

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Posted on November 22, 2011, in suicide, Uncategorized and tagged slum slums ghni suicide workingconditions. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.