Mansukhbhai Patel Cotton Stripping Machine eliminated child labour completely in dryland Gujarat

‘In the initial years of his struggle, many of Mansukhbhai’s colleagues and coworkers volunteered after duty hours to help develop the machine’

‘At one point in time, he had many machines which were returned with complaints from customers. It was found that there was a trivial technical error in the machines. However, this caused him to incur heavy losses. Instead of giving up, Mansukhbhai became even more of a perfectionist.’

‘ The first prototype was developed in 1994 and Mansukhbhai has never stopped improving the machine. In fact, his entire life seems to be an endless pursuit of perfection.’

‘Before Mansukhbhai’s machine, all the cotton stripping was done by women and children.’