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Nepal GoodWeave Foundation
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Major Achievements as of May 01, 2013
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Foundation Registered on |
December 24, 1995 - in Kathmandu, Nepal. |
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Composition of the Executive Committee (Board of Directors) |
Representative from the Carpet Sector - Four Members. |
| Representative from the Child Right NGOs - Four Members. |
| Independent Professional in the field of Social Work - One Member. |
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Total Number of Staff |
Sixteen Personnel |
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Major Programmes and Activities |
1) Carpet Factory Licensing, Inspection, Monitoring and Carpet Certification ; |
| 2) Child Labour Removal and Rehabilitation of the displaced Carpet Children (GoodWeave centre and Family re-union at the Community Level with support for education) ; |
| 3) Preventive Social Programmes (includes programmes such as providing Education Sponsorship for Workers' Children, Day Care cum Education Centre, Supporting Day Care Centres being run by various Carpet factories and Conducting Awareness Programmes in Carpet Factories as well as managing mobile medical health camps. |
| 4) Promotion and Advocacy for socially responsible and environmentally sound business practices (through publication of Bulletins, Posters, Brochures, Calendars, participation in International and National Meetings / Fairs, etc.). |
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General Members (Carpet Licensees & Child Right NGOs) |
38 (16) from Child Right NGOs) |
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GoodWeave LICENSEES (Carpet Factories under License) |
73 Factories |
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No. of Carpet Factories under the Licensees |
1,594 Factories (including their sub-contractors) |
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No. of Inspections carried out by the GoodWeave Inspectors from December 1996 to as of date. |
61,166 Factory Inspections (presently Three inspectors are working - covering approximately 1,223,320 looms) |
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Action taken for non-compliance of GoodWeave Criteria |
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| - Factories with 1st Offence |
679 |
| - Factories with 2nd or More Offences |
378 |
| Factories Out-listed as Suppliers to GoodWeave Licensees |
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| GoodWeave Licenses Revoked/Cancelled for non-renewal |
127 |
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Total Number of GoodWeave Labels Issued from December 1996 to as of date. |
403,675 |
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Cumulative Quantity of Carpets Exported with GoodWeave Labels (in Sq. Mt.) |
Germany |
USA |
UK |
Other Countries |
Total |
| 738,783 |
720,098 |
99,417 |
26,171 |
1,584,234 |
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Total No. of Child Labourers Identified and Removed by GoodWeave Inspectors till date from the carpet factories. |
2,290 |
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Child Labourers brought for Rehabilitation at GoodWeave Centres |
1,035 |
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Child Labour Re-united with their Families till date |
930 children (145 were reunited after Completing their Vocational Training and all of them have been placed on job) |
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Total Number of Children, as of date, being Covered and Supported by GoodWeave Nepal under various Rehabilitation & Preventive Programmes: |
Currently 465 children |
| (a) Rehabilitation Programme: |
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| - Centre Based Rehabilitation Programme (1 Centre - Hamro Ghar) |
Covered under GoodWeave Programme currently 27 children ( Total - 1,035) |
| - Community Based Rehabilitation Programme |
Currently 34 children (Support for Education in the community - Total - 930) |
| - Supported by other NGOs / Individuals / Little Angel School/LAB School |
10 children in LAB School & in other institution 9 - Total - 91
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| (b) Preventive Programme: |
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| - Sponsored Education Programme |
Currently 167 (School Scholarship Program for Carpet Workers' Children, Total - 553) |
| - Day Care cum Education Programme (4 Centres) |
Currently 224 (EPHC-100, HRS-40, HRS(2)-29, CWARDS-55) Total - 1979 (For carpet worker's children) |
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GoodWeave -UCEP Programme |
Currently 0 in the programme (Total-63 ) |
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Counseling provided to Children and their families (records maintained since November 2000) |
6,879 (Children -3765 Parents/Guardians - 1853 Group councelling-780 Others-481) |
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Monitoring & Follow-up for Children under Community Based Rehabilitation & Sponsored Education Programs (records maintained since October 2000) |
13,592 (Within Kathmandu Valley - 13,108 Outside Ktm. - 484) |
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Day Care Centres of Carpet factories provided one time support |
23 Factories (Supporting around 700 children) |
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Number of Awareness Programme Covered in Carpet Factories (Since 2000) |
199 Awareness Programmes (5118 carpet factory workers and their family members have attended) |
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No. of Non-Formal Education and Apprenticeship |
46 Factories (Covering around 1,146 individuals) |
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classes at carpet factories for children above 14 years |
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Mobile Medical Health Camps Since June 2005 |
24 camps Conducted (3,252) workers and their family members have benefitted) |
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