The History of DEW

DEW, Development and Education for Workers, a social service non-governmental organization was formed on 6.10.1993, based at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, to exclusively focus on the issues of the workers / Labourer's, their rights, creating awareness and abolish Bonded labour system. The main objectives of DEW are

  • to create awareness in Bonded Labour system.
  • to train the Labourer's in Bonded Labour system.
  • to conduct training programs for the Employers.
  • to conduct training programs for the officials.
  • to publish awareness notices, handbills, posters, literatures about bonded labour system.
  • to weed out the real cause of the Bonded labour system.
  • to lobby / do advocacy on the Bonded labour issue.
  • to identify the people under bonded labour system.
  • to take efforts in releasing the identified bonded labourer's.
  • to help in getting rehabilitation benefits for the released bonded labourer's.
  • to create awareness about bonded labour system, efforts to form district level federations in this regard.
  • to co-ordinate with the state level federation.