Traid and GoodWeave partner again to increase equality and prevent child labor in textile communities in India and Nepal.

 

This project feature was published by Traid and first appeared on their website on July 18, 2024.

In 2024, Traid has committed £60,000 (approximately $80,000 USD), to fund a brand new project in India and Nepal in partnership with the incredible NGO GoodWeave. This project will work to prevent child labour in the rug, textiles, and garment sector by supporting at-risk children and child labourers into education for a brighter future.

In many textile communities in India and Nepal, serious poverty often forces children to miss out on their education. Instead, they work to help support their families, resulting in vastly reduced life chances. GoodWeave tackles these problems by working on-the-ground alongside communities to create pathways to education and life opportunities to reduce the risk of child labour, while providing critical support for affected children.

Traid’s funding will:

• Provide 800 girls aged 10–19 with life skills classes covering topics such as child marriage, respect and empathy, equal rights, health, nutrition, hygiene, and empowering them as agents of change in their communities.
• Set up three new Motivation and Learning Centres (MLCs) in textile communities in India to support 570 at-risk children in improving their education and reducing the risk of child labor. The MLCs use play-based learning models with language and number cards, which do not stigmatize children who have fallen behind in their education.
• Support the daycare and the Sponsored Education Programme (SEP) in Nepal for children of weavers employed by GoodWeave licensed factories aged 3 to 6. The SEP also pays for older children aged 6 to 18 to attend school, alongside enrollment support and tracking child attendance.
• Rehabilitate 70 child laborers removed from textile worksites in Nepal by GoodWeave inspectors through stable educational support. Children without parents or whose parents cannot initially be found will be offered a place at GoodWeave’s transit home in Kathmandu, where they receive residential care and an accelerator program to catch up with learning.

 
Read rest of the project feature, preventing child labour in textile worker communities, on Traid’s website.