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

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