COTTON PROJECT:INDIA
MAIN ACTIVITIES
1,069 children rescued from child labour and 3,500 children benefited from improved school environments
(2009-2019)
A functioning monitoring system mobilized in 5 communities and 90 CRPF members trained to oversee operations
Over 300 villagers provided farmer training
© Natsuki Yasuda
Over 250 households with improved financial management
(including new sources of income)
OUR SERVICES
In 2017 we went back to one of the project areas completed in 2014 to do the assessment and check on the situation. The CRPF was working effectively and child labour had not returned to the community. We seek to continue to expand our project operations to other communities in Telangana state.
© Natsuki Yasuda/Dialogue for People
"My parents were migrant workers in Hyderabad and I used to go with them to different destinations. I want to be a teacher like Vijerakshmi (a project staff teacher at the school)".
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Renuka's older brother dropped out of school in grade 5 to work in the fields but was able to go back to a bridge school. Her other brother and sister are also attending bridge schools, with their family receiving income improvement support. Only Renuka and her brother can read and write in the family. Their grandfather and grandmother can now sign their names as
Renuka and her brother taught them how to write.
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PEACE India ensures that their grandparents take care of the children, the whole family stays in the village for a long time, and the children continue attending the bridge school and move back into the public school system.
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- Renuka, 10 years old
PEACE INDIA COTTON (P.I.C)
Japanese fabric wholesaler, Kowa Co. aims to realize sustainable farming in areas that have become child labour-free following completion of ACE’s PEACE India project.
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The Peace India Cotton (P.I.C.) programme enables KOWA to continue operating and supporting organic farming as part of their business model. P.I.C. is looking for other corporate collaborators to scale up their CSR activities as well as increase their B2B organic cotton sales.
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For more information visit their website: