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Foundation Registered on |
December 24, 1995 - in Kathmandu, Nepal. |
| 2 |
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. |
| 3 |
Total Number of Staff |
Fifteen Personnel |
| 4 |
Major Programmes and Activities |
1) Carpet Factory Licensing, Inspection, Monitoring and Carpet Certification ; |
| 2) Child Labour Removal and Rehabilitation of the displaced Carpet Children ( RUGMARK 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 business practices (through publication of Bulletins, Posters, Brochures, Calendars, participation in International and National Meetings / Fairs, etc.). |
| 5 |
General Members (Carpet Licensees & Child Right NGOs) |
45 (19 from Child Right NGOs) |
| 6 |
RUGMARK LICENSEES (Carpet Factories under License) |
86 Factories |
| 7 |
No. of Carpet Factories under the Licensees |
381 Factories (including their sub-contractors) |
| 8 |
No. of Inspections carried out by the RUGMARK Inspectors from December 1996 to as of date. |
50,393 Factory Inspections (presently Four inspectors are working - covering approximately 1,007,860 looms) |
| 9 |
Action taken for non-compliance of RUGMARK Criteria |
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- Factories with 1st Offence |
604 |
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- Factories with 2nd or More Offences |
368 |
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- Factories Out-listed as Suppliers to RUGMARK Licensees |
8 |
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- RUGMARK Licences Revoked |
102 |
| 10 |
Total Number of RUGMARK Labels Issued from December 1996 to as of date. |
362,329 |
| 11 |
Cumulative Quantity of Carpets Exported with RUGMARK Labels (in Sq. Mt.) |
Germany |
USA |
UK |
Other Countries |
Total |
| 726,265 |
565,403 |
29,570 |
26,127 |
1,347,129 |
| 12 |
Total No. of Child Labourers Identified and Removed by RUGMARK Inspectors till date from the carpet factories. |
2,080 |
| 13 |
Child Labourers brought for Rehabilitation at RUGMARK Centres |
926 |
| 14 |
Child Labour Re-united with their Families till date |
813 children (144 were reunited after Completing their Vocational Training and all of them have been placed on job) |
| 15 |
Total Number of Children, as of date, being Covered and Supported by Nepal RUGMARK Foundation under various Rehabilitation & Preventive Programmes: |
553 Children |
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(a) Rehabilitation Programme: |
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- Centre Based Rehabilitation Programme (1 Centre) |
Covered under GoodWeave Programme currently 34 children ( Total - 926) |
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- Community Based Rehabilitation Programme |
Currently 82 children (Support for Education in the community - Total - 813) |
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- Supported by other NGOs / Individuals / Little Angel School/LAB School |
42 (8 are in Little Angel's & 25 in LAB School & 9 other) |
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(b) Preventive Programme: |
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- Sponsored Education Programme |
Currently 198 (School Scholarship Program for Carpet Workers' Children, Total - 502) |
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- Day Care cum Education Programme (3 Centres) |
196 (EPHC-100, HRS-46, CWARDS-50) (For carpet worker's children) |
| 16 |
RugMark -UCEP Programme |
Current 1 (52 completed training till now) |
| 17 |
Counseling provided to Children and their families (records maintained since November 2000) |
4,880 (Children - 2627 Parents/Guardians -1250 Group councelling-609 Others-394 ) |
| 18 |
Monitoring & Follow-up for Children under Community Based Rehabilitation & Sponsored Education Programs (records maintained since October 2000) |
10,074 (Within Kathmandu Valley - 9,669, Outside Ktm. - 405) |
| 19 |
Day Care Centres of Carpet factories provided one time support |
23 Factories (Supporting around 700 children) |
| 20 |
Number of Awareness Programme Covered in Carpet Factories (Since 2000) |
196 Awareness Programmes ( Covering 486 Programmes and around 7,060 carpet factory workers and their family members have attended) |
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No. of Non-Formal Education and Apprenticeship |
46 Factories (Covering around 1,146 individuals) |
| classes at carpet factories for children above 14 years |
| 22 |
Mobile Medical Health Camps Since June 2005 |
17 Camps Conducted (2239) workers and their family members have benefitted) |
