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Showing posts with label child labor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label child labor. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Please donate to Goodweave!
Please consider a donation to Goodweave this week. It's the non-profit in Washington, D.C. that I support to help end child labor in the rug-making industry. If we raise $3500 this week, we get a $1500 donation from the Skoll Foundation!
Monday, October 13, 2014
VIDEO: STAND WITH SANJU...TOUCH YOUR HEART AND WATCH SANJU'S STORY
On the heels of the amazing announcement that Goodweave's founder, Kailash Satyarthi, just won the Nobel Peace Prize, I wanted to share with you this touching video. Warm your heart...
The story of Sanju was made possible by a grant from the Skoll Foundation.
The Skoll Foundation was created in 1999 by Jeff Skoll, the first employee and first president of eBay. Its mission is to advance systemic change in communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs, who are individuals dedicated to pioneering new solutions that result in lasting improvements to complex social problems. More information is available at www.skollfoundation.org.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
GOODWEAVE FOUNDER WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
This is such amazing and exciting news...that GoodWeave’s founder, Kailash Satyarthi, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday. He shares this honor with Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning on behalf of girls’ education.
Julie Dasher Rugs supports Goodweave's mission as a licensed importer. We donate a percentage of our profits to this wonderful cause. As you consider purchasing a beautiful rug, keep in mind that there are still hundreds of thousands of children enslaved to the loom making rugs and losing their childhood.
In the announcement from Oslo, committee chairman Thorbjorn Jagland said: “Children must go to school and not be financially exploited. It is a prerequisite for peaceful global development that the rights of children and young people be respected. In conflict-ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation.”
Look for the Goodweave label on your rug to assure that only adult artisans worked to make your rug.
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| Julie Dasher Rugs/Lotus and Rings design |
Monday, February 10, 2014
Help end child labor in rug making--Buy Goodweave-certified rugs
You may have seen the recent study by Harvard University that documented more than 3,000 cases of forced labor in India’s handmade carpet sector. Awareness of this tragedy is the beginning of the end of child labor. According to Goodweave, the non-profit based in Washington, D.C. working to end child labor in the handmade rug industry, there are over 250,000 children in Southeast Asia losing their childhoods due to bonded labor on the loom.
I don't believe that there any many people in this world who would knowingly buy rugs made by children. To be sure that your rug is not made by a child, you can buy a Goodweave-certified rug.
Julie Dasher Rugs is a licensed importer with Goodweave and every one of our rugs has a label on the back of the rug which documents that it is child-labor free. We donate a percentage of our profits each year to support education and community service in our weaving communities.
Contact us to learn more or if you have other questions about our handmade rugs.
I don't believe that there any many people in this world who would knowingly buy rugs made by children. To be sure that your rug is not made by a child, you can buy a Goodweave-certified rug.
Julie Dasher Rugs is a licensed importer with Goodweave and every one of our rugs has a label on the back of the rug which documents that it is child-labor free. We donate a percentage of our profits each year to support education and community service in our weaving communities.
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| Photo courtesy of Goodweave |
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Today is the Festival of Colors!
Today is the Festival of Colors, a national holiday in Nepal and India...2 countries where our rugs are produced. The holiday is also called Festival Holi and has many purposes. It celebrates spring first and foremost and originally signified fertile land and favorable harvests. As a way to say farewell to winter, the festival is a time of enjoying spring's beautiful colors. In addition to this, the holiday commemorates events from Hindu mythology and has a religious purpose. Today...participants will hold a bonfire, throw colored powder and celebrate in a grand way!
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| People throwing colored powder to celebrate the holiday |
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| Colored Powder |
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