Child labour has a different dimension in rural and urban areas of the district. There are a few small industrial units in the Lehri and Bhag areas. The number of children working there is very small. It is mostly men and women who work in the industry on fixed terms or work loads (see 5.6.2). However, a large number of children is employed in tea-stalls, hotels, shops and stores on daily, weekly or monthly wages. In a number of cases the wages are received by the parents or guardians. Boys are involved in herding cattle, cutting of fodder and gathering of wood. Girls in rural areas are exclusively engaged in household duties. A large number of children outside in fields, grazing cattle and poaching wild chicks, said that they do not attend school at all.

 There is a lack of government support for apprenticeship. The major sources of apprenticeship for boys are private motor-workshops, tailoring shops, carpentry, cooking and bicycle repair shops, where they receive informal training. Girls learn traditional embroidery work at home. The government sector and NGOs can play an important role in the promotion of apprenticeship for children, so that they can obtain professional qualifications to help them later on in life. There is an NGO, named "Tanzeem Idara Badhal Mustakeen", which has initiated a girls’ school and a youth development project in a village near Nari bank. The BRSP has launched a similar programme in Bhag area.

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