Nepal GoodWeave Foundation
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Major Achievements as of March 31, 2019
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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 |
Twenty-six 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 |
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General Members (Carpet Licensees & Child Right NGOs) |
43 (23) from Child Right NGOs) |
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GoodWeave LICENSEES (Carpet Factories under License) |
Currently 313 Factories |
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No. of Carpet Factories under the Licensees |
2,772 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. |
70,715 Factory Inspections (presently seven inspectors are working) |
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Action taken for non-compliance of GoodWeave Criteria |
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- Factories with 1st Offence |
732 |
- Factories with 2nd or More Offences |
381 |
Factories Out-listed as Suppliers to GoodWeave Licensees |
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GoodWeave Licenses Revoked/Cancelled for non-renewal |
149 |
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Total Number of GoodWeave Labels Issued from December 1996 to as of date. |
477,764 |
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Cumulative Quantity of Carpets Exported with GoodWeave Labels (in Sq. Mt.) |
Germany |
USA |
UK |
Other Countries |
Total |
760,274 |
941,5126 |
219,980 |
38,368 |
1,959,748 |
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Total No. of Child Labourers Identified by GoodWeave Inspectors till date from the carpet factories. |
2,638 |
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Child Labourers brought for Rehabilitation at GoodWeave Centres |
1,206 |
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Child Labour Re-united with their Families till date |
1089 children (146 ewre reunited after completing their Vocational training)
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Total Number of Children, as of date, being Covered and Supported by GoodWeave Nepal under various Rehabilitation & Preventive Programmes: |
Currently 569 children |
(a) Rehabilitation Programme: |
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- Centre Based Rehabilitation Programme (1 Centre - Hamro Ghar) |
Covered under GoodWeave Programme currently 28 children ( Total - 1,211) |
- Community Based Rehabilitation Programme |
Currently 21 children (Support for Education in the community - Total 1089)
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- Supported by other NGOs / Individuals / Little Angel School/LAB School |
17 children in LAB School & in other institution 0 - Total - 87
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(b) Preventive Programme: |
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- Sponsored Education Programme |
Currently 281 (School Scholarship Program for Carpet Workers' Children, Total - 638) |
- Day Care cum Education Programme (4 Centres) |
Currently 220 (EPHC- 99 HRS- 40, HRS(2)- 26,CWARDS- 55, Weaving Training - 0) Total- 2686 (For carpet worker's children) |
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GoodWeave-UCEP Programme
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Currently 0 in the programme (Total-63) |
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Number of Adults benefitted from Carpet Weaving Training
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Currently 0 in the Training (Total - 340)
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No. of people benefitted by counseling service (each visit recorded since November 2000) |
11,933 (Children - 8,029 Parents/Guardians - 2,181, Others/Weavers - 1,723)Total no. of counseling sessions-2,603) |
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Monitoring & Follow-up for Children under Community Based Rehabilitation & Sponsored Education Programs (records maintained since October 2000) |
18,254 (Within Kathmandu Valley - 17,534 Outside Kathmandu. - 720) |
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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) and in Community (since 2012)
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Workers' Awareness Programs 203 (Total no. of Beneficiaries 5830) Community Awareness Program 1 (Total no. of Beneficiaries 500) |
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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 |
28 camps conducted (3,818) workers and their family members have benefitted- 1 Eye Camp with 92 beneficiaries) |