For children along the coastline, life is not a canvas of dreams but a battlefield for survival. Their days begin with the struggle to earn, and nights sink into uncertainty. Poverty clings to them ...

Ten-year-old boy Maharram came to work at a brick kiln in Dhamrai just one month ago. He will also have to work for the next five months—every day from 6 am to 8 pm, with only a short break for meals.

In Umerkot, Sindh, there are many children who can explain the science of brick-making with more confidence than they can read a textbook. They know the soil by touch, the water by measure, the sun by ...