Nepal RUGMARK Foundation was established in December 1995 as a result of joint collaboration among carpet entrepreneurs; child-right NGOs; and international development organizations, viz. UNICEF, the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ), and the Asian American Free Labour Institute (AAFLI).
RUGMARK is a global non-profit initiative working to end illegal child labour in Carpet Industry and offer Educational opportunities to such removed carpet children. It is a unique business-NGO co-operation for carpet producing and consuming countries.
Not every child who works, is a child labourer. In developing countries, and sometimes in developed countries as well, children work and help their parents.
Hundreds of children are living in carpet factories and helping their parents or guardians in daily chorus like cooking, taking care of younger babies or just doing nothing.
