Moveable charcoal-making camps trap families desperate for food and work. Children are in bondage to repay parents' debts and have very little money left for survival. They work in farming, in mining, in factories. In Pakistan, children work with their parents in hazardous brick-making. Many also are forced to take over the debt bondage of their parents.
Many corporations deal with subcontractors who, in turn, seek slave labor.
What has happened in the United States in the last few years is the awakening of an educated public. Household names, such as Nike, face harsh criticism for its labor practices. Campus youth confront administrations and make them face their institution's participation in exploitation, especially in regard to logo apparel. The Rugmark Foundation was one of the first and most successful efforts to create a program to deal effectively with child labor in its own industry. A group of Indian carpet manufacturers and exporters, fearful of losing access to the U.S. market, set up a foundation.