SAHL: A Tool Bag Collection for the Daily Wage Workers

Abstract

Life for the daily wage laborers in Pakistan is anything but a fairytale. Hard toil with little reward on some days, and endless search for work during others highlights their struggle to earn for their families. Most of them are not even locals of the capital city Islamabad. The fraternity includes people from all over the country including painters, masons, construction workers, welders and others with different professions. They migrate to the capital city in hopes for better job opportunities and a better income to take home. Every day, starting from six in the morning they start their quest to find work by sitting on pavements or roadsides and waiting for someone to hire them. They do not have any designated location to gather and showcase their skills, hence they just sit on the roadsides or wherever they think they will be visible to potential employers. For the daily wage laborers the struggle is not only to find a job but also to carry the heavy tools required to get the job done. The goal of the project is to find solutions that can help them carry their gear during their search for work.