Find out more about the international development projects funded by TRAID since 1999. These projects have now ended.
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Our Voice
TRAID is funding EveryChild with £42,568 to prevent children in India being forced into bonded labour, specifically in textile spinning mills. Increasingly, textile mills prey on families living below the poverty line with a scheme called ‘sumangali thittam’ which lures girl children into bonded labour with the promise of a marriage dowry at the end of the contract. Read more... -
Girls at Risk
Funding to end ‘sumangali thittam’ – child bonded labour schemes – in South Indian spinning mills. Read more... -
Weaving a Brighter Future
Latest Update August 2015: This year Goodweave signed a $72bn US company as a licensee – the largest licensee in their history. Is this a sign that Goodweave is making headway among mainstream carpet and rug sellers? We certainly hope so, this would be a massive achievement. Read more... -
Improving the Cambodian Garment Industry
Latest Update May 2016: Local partner CLEC helped 74,453 garment workers with free legal assistance this year to fight their […] Read more... -
Reducing Pesticide Dependency
Latest Update August 2015: This project is really getting into its stride. Farmers who are growing organically are harvesting around […] Read more... -
Empowering Garment Workers
Latest Update August 2015: In Sri Lanka, after much campaigning, marching and activism (including blocking the president’s mobile with thousands […] Read more... -
Fairtrade Textile Factories
TRAID funded the Fairtrade Foundation to build the capacity of small producers in India to comply with, and maintain, the Fairtrade Mark. The project aimed to bring improved factories together with Fairtrade businesses to source quality products in desired volumes and create mutually beneficial partnerships. Read more... -
Sweatshops in China
The garment industry in China operates with huge profits – in 2012, it made 43.6 billion pieces of garments with […] Read more... -
Helping Small Cotton Farmers Grow Organic
TRAID funded Oxfam to improve the lives, incomes and health of cotton growers and pickers in South Punjab by building their capacity to grow cotton without the use of toxic chemicals. Read more... -
Empowering Textile Workers
TRAID funded the Fairtrade Foundation to investigate how to extend the reach and benefits of Fairtrade through the supply chain by empowering textile workers to access and claim their rights. The project worked intensively with one factory in Tirapur, a garment manufacturing region in South India to develop a model to improve conditions for its employees. Read more...
