Find out more about the international development projects funded by TRAID since 1999. These projects have now ended.
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Organic Cotton. A Route out of Poverty
In Benin, West Africa, cotton farmers struggle to earn a living to support themselves and their families. Poor health compounds […] 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... -
Plants for Communities
TRAID is funding Kew to train organic cotton farmers in Southern Mali to grow sustainable supplies of eco-friendly pesticidal plants. 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... -
In from the Margins
Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries in the world, with 84% of its 147 million people living on less […] Read more... -
Cutting the Chains
Suppliers, purchasers and social auditors have difficulty in acknowledging homeworkers, often denying they are part of the textile supply chain. […] Read more... -
Securing the Fruits of Labour
Funding to enable thousands of small-scale tea, coffee and vegetable farmers to secure fair trade certification for their products and increase their incomes. Read more...
