In Her Words

Eleven year-old Asha is a former child weaver from India. She speaks beyond her years and told GoodWeave in the summer of 2007: “tell them, everyone in the world, not to buy goods made by children. This is the way it [child labor] can be abolished.”

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Rescue and educate "carpet kids" in South Asia
Rescue and educate "carpet kids" in South Asia
Nepal  Children
This project is devoted to the rescue of the 250,000 trafficked and exploited child laborers in South Asia's carpet looms, and ensuring their access to schooling and social programs. GoodWeave educates consumers, partners with importers, and certifies rugs as child-labor-free, thus taking away the profitability and invisibility of child labor. project reportread updates from the field
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