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.