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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) |
47 (18 from Child Right NGOs) |
| 6 |
RUGMARK LICENSEES (Carpet Factories under License) |
107 Factories |
| 7 |
No. of Carpet Factories under the Licensees |
328 Factories (including their sub-contractors) |
| 8 |
No. of Inspections carried out by the RUGMARK Inspectors from December 1996 to as of date. |
45,434 Factory Inspections (presently Four inspectors are working - covering approximately 1,135,850 looms) |
| 9 |
Action taken for non-compliance of RUGMARK Criteria |
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- Factories with 1st Offence |
559 |
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- Factories with 2nd or More Offences |
358 |
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- Factories Out-listed as Suppliers to RUGMARK Licensees |
7 |
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- RUGMARK Licences Revoked |
2 |
| 10 |
Total Number of RUGMARK Labels Issued from December 1996 to as of date. |
339,070 |
| 11 |
Cumulative Quantity of Carpets Exported with RUGMARK Labels (in Sq. Mt.) |
Germany |
USA |
UK |
Other Countries |
Total |
| 718,385 |
480,555 |
7,674 |
23,287 |
1,229,899 |
| 12 |
Total No. of Child Labourers Identified and Removed by RUGMARK Inspectors till date from the carpet factories. |
1,948 |
| 13 |
Child Labourers brought for Rehabilitation at RUGMARK Centres |
867 |
| 14 |
Child Labour Re-united with their Families till date |
733( 213 received long term education support and 99 are still receiving the support) (138 were reunited after Completing their Vocational Training 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: |
636 |
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(a) Rehabilitation Programme: |
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- Centre Based Rehabilitation Programme (1 Centre) |
45 ( CCSD - 45 ) |
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- Community Based Rehabilitation Programme |
60 (Complete Financial Support for Education in the community) |
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- Supported by other NGOs / Individuals / Little Angel School/LAB School |
57 (10 are in Little Angel's & 38 in LAB School & 9 other) |
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(b) Preventive Programme: |
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- Sponsored Education Programme |
300 (School Scholarship Program for Carpet Workers' Children) |
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- Day Care cum Education Programme (3 Centres) |
174 (EPHC-100, HRS-38, CWARDS-36) (For carpet worker's children) |
| 16 |
RugMark -UCEP Programme |
4 |
| 17 |
Counseling provided to Children and their families (records maintained since November 2000) |
3,653 (Children - 2005 Parents/Guardians -813cGroup councelling-504 Others-331 ) |
| 18 |
Monitoring & Follow-up for Children under Community Based Rehabilitation & Sponsored Education Programs (records maintained since October 2000) |
7,978 (Within Kathmandu Valley - 7,577, Outside Ktm. - 401) |
| 19 |
Day Care Centres of Carpet factories provided one time support |
20 Factories (Supporting around 593 children) |
| 20 |
Number of Awareness Programme Covered in Carpet Factories (Since 2000) |
172 Awareness Programmes ( Covering 464 Programmes and around 5,774 carpet factory workers and their family members have attended) |
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No. of Non-Formal Education and Apprenticeship |
44 Factories (Covering around 1,078 individuals) |
| classes at carpet factories for children above 14 years |
| 22 |
Mobile Medical Health Camps Since June 2005 |
11 Camps Conducted (1,529) workers and their family members have benefitted) |
