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Posts in the International Development category

• The women who make our clothes

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  March 8, 2021

  • International Development
  • Social Justice
  International Women’s Day’s roots extend back to 1909 when women garment workers in the United States went on strike protesting […] Read More...

• AMMA’s Guide to Natural Dyes

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  May 18, 2020

  • Climate Crisis
  • Environment
  • International Development
  Over the next couple of weeks, we’re sharing news from our project partners around the world. A lot of work […] Read More...

• Video. My cotton t-shirt: From field to wardrobe

  

  By Leigh Mcalea.

  March 23, 2020

  • Clothes Reuse
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International Development
  When it comes to our clothes, cotton is the most used natural fibre in the fashion industry. We tend not […] Read More...

• Building Hope

  

  By Amit Arulanantham.

  August 31, 2018

  • International Development
  Amit Arulanantham, Programme Manager at ChildHope UK reflects on five years of funding for a project building hope for garment […] Read More...

• Small and Beautiful

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  July 17, 2018

  • International Development
  It’s five years since TRAID began funding a project to support the children of garment workers in Bangladesh. Leigh McAlea, […] Read More...

• Supporting the children of garment workers

  

  By Maria Chenoweth, TRAID CEO.

  July 10, 2018

  • International Development
  It’s half a decade since TRAID began funding ChildHope a fantastic NGO established in 1989 to support street children and […] Read More...

• 200 cotton farmers first in Ethiopia to gain organic certification!

  

  By Leigh McAlea.

  January 11, 2018

  • Environment
  • International Development
  • Social Justice
  200 cotton farmers in Ethiopia are the first EVER in the country to gain organic certification! This TRAID funded project […] Read More...

• Life Changing Cotton in Ethiopia

  

  By Sam Claydon, PAN UK.

  October 10, 2017

  • Environment
  • International Development
  • Social Justice
  TRAID has funded Pesticide Action Network’s (PAN UK) work since 2009 to support cotton farmers to reduce and stop using […] Read More...

• Let’s end child and bonded labour in the fashion industry

  

  By Nina Smith.

  September 12, 2017

  • Education
  • Ethical Fashion
  • International Development
  • Social Justice
  • Uncategorized
  Nina Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of GoodWeave International, a charity working to stop child and bonded labour in […] Read More...

• How Pesticide Free Cotton Changes Lives

  

  By Leigh.

  July 5, 2017

  • #secondhandfirst
  • Education
  • International Development
  • Uncategorized
  This morning, the TRAID team had an incredibly motivational and inspiring talk from Tadesse Amera, Director of PAN Ethiopia. Tadesse […] Read More...

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