There are other rug stores promoting their rugs as ones produced without child labor. How can they be sure no children are involved?
As more and more customers are becoming educated about child labor, they are beginning to exert pressure on rug companies to stock rugs made without child labor. Many rug companies have created their own symbol to denote that there was no child used in production. Many just trust the word of their supplier without ever meeting the artisans. Ten Thousand Villages knows the artisans behind the rugs and can personally vouch for their claim of producing rugs without child labor. Ten Thousand Villages stays in touch with the artisan group and pays regular visits. In the last two years we have hosted a “web-meeting” at National Workshops, giving store managers a chance to directly communicate with a group of artisans without having to experience the 17 hour plane ride to Pakistan. This kind of link is only possible through fair trade. It is a good idea to ask questions of other rug retailers to see if they indeed do know the artisans and the production practices. Selling fairly traded produc
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