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Improved Carpet Looms for 200 Families in Pakistan
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Summary
Empower 200 rural carpet-weaving families in Pakistan by reducing reliance on child labor, improving income and health, and ending debt bondage by providing better-designed adult friendly carpet looms
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Received $2,480 from 12 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
There are around 300,000 carpet weaving looms installed at rural households in Pakistan providing a livelihood to the poor families. 80% of the workers are women and girls, while 60% are children. Due to low profits and health problems, adults do not like to work on the traditional looms, which in most cases are owned by the carpet contractors. This project will benefit 200 rural families, improve their health and income, end debt bondage and reduce their reliance on hazardous child labor.
Activities
Identification of families needing the looms; local fabrication of 200 ergonomically designed carpet looms; installation of these looms and other health and safety measures in the households; assisting the families in enrolling children at schools.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,480
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $997,520
Total Funding Goal: $1,000,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Successful intervention in this sector will give impetus to efforts to combat hazardous forms of child labor in carpet weaving and other sectors in the country. Working conditions and health of the adult workers will improve.
Project Message
This loom has enhanced our income from 1,000 to 2,500 rupees a month. We are sending our children to schools and we no more feel discomfort while working on it. I pray for those who provided it to us.
- Hafeezan Bibi, mother of three girls, received the prototype loom
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on December 05, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 04, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
Sudy finds major improvement in health and income for the families using improved looms.
By Saeed Awan - Director, December 05, 2007 04:18 PM
30 ergonomic looms were distributed in families in rural areas. The impact of these looms was assessed on the health and income of these families. 58.3% of the ergonomic loom users stated that their income had improved, and 29.2% said it had not changed. Also major drop in complaints related to health was noticed in the ergonomic loom users versus the traditional loom users.
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