I'm pretty sure that BRAC controls all of Bangladesh.

To be honest, everything that we have seen through BRAC is starting to blend together into one big blur. I think we spent Saturday touring the handicrafts workshop, silk twisting factory, and sanitary napkin factory. And my factory, I mean under aged girls spending hours on the floor laboring over minute bead work, silk yarn, or super absorbant cotton. The handicraft work was incredible. They sell all the products are Aarong, which we had previously been to. I had been reluctant to purchase the printed fabrics until I saw them being created. All the print blocks are hand carved and the printing itself is done by hand not by some stamp machine. It was slightly heart breaking considering how much these girls get paid. But I consoled myself by observing that they were cleaner and better dressed than anyone else that we encoutnered. Meaning that their standard of living is probably substantially higher than those around them. But when you buy items made in Bangladesh, remember that it is all hand work and they probably got paid $50 a month for the $500 dress you just purchased (Steph- CLDD). Also, all the girls swore they were over 18, but I seriously doubt it. However, since Bangladesh doesn't have a national registry there really is no way to prove it. If they need the money, they need the money.
I had my first encounter with any sort of safety measures at the sanitary napkin factory. The girls were wearing masks and there was a fire extinguisher (sort of). Thinking back about it, there weren't even safety measure at the limbs and prosthetic factory were they were working with electric sanders. And were are allowed to walk around where ever we wanted to. Prior to leaving the factory, they asked us if we wanted to see the orchids in their nursery. They turned out not to be in bloom. But nonetheless they were extremely proud of them.