Find out more about the projects TRAID funds to stop the exploitation of people and the environment in the global supply chains making our clothes. We support partners improving conditions and working practices in the cotton fields, garment factories, homes and mills where our clothes are made.

• Supporting the Children of Waste Pickers

  • Funding: £24,703
  • Year / duration: 2023/ 1 year
  • Partner: Grambangla
  • Partner website: https://grambanglabd.org/our-projects/
  In 2023, TRAID has committed £24,703 to fund a new project in Matuail, Dhaka, Bangladesh in partnership with the NGO […] Read more...

• Growing Benin’s Organic Cotton Sector

  • Funding: £169,112
  • Year / duration: 2023 / 18 months
  • Partner: OBEPAB and PAN UK
  • Partner website: https://www.obepab.org
  Since 2009, TRAID has funded the work of OBEPAB and PAN UK to establish the organic cotton sector in Benin, […] Read more...

• Chemical Free Crops in Southern Ethiopia

  • Funding: £38,464
  • Year / duration: 2023 / 1 year
  • Partner: PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK
  • Partner website: www.pan.org.uk
  Since 2018 TRAID has supported PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK’s highly innovative work to expand tried and tested pesticide reduction […] Read more...

• Expanding Agroecological Cotton in Ethiopia

  • Funding: £262,511
  • Year / duration: 2023 / 2 years
  • Partner: PAN Ethiopia and PAN UK
  • Partner website: https://www.pan-uk.org/cotton-in-ethiopia/
  Since 2012, TRAID has funded PAN UK and PAN Ethiopia to improve the livelihoods, health, and environment of cotton farmers […] Read more...

• Supporting Migrant Garment Workers

  • Project location: Tamil Nadu
  • Funding: £176,449 (2022); £31,849 (2021)
  • Year / duration: 2022 / 3 Years; 2021 / 1 Year
  • Partner: READ
  • Partner website: http://readsouthindia.in
  TRAID has funded READ’s work in Tamil Nadu, South India to support the most exploited garment workers since 2010. The […] Read more...

• Securing Benin’s Organic Cotton Future

  • Project location: Benin
  • Funding: £143,168
  • Year / duration: 2021 / 1 Year
  • Partner: OBEPAB & PAN UK
  • Partner website: https://www.pan-uk.org/cotton-in-benin/
  This project marks the first textile related project TRAID funded back in 2009, and a long-term commitment to expanding organic […] Read more...

• Supporting the Children of Garment Workers

  • Project location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Funding: £725,500 (2023 funding £83,400)
  • Year / duration: 2023/ 1 year; 2022 / 1 year; 2021 / 1 year; 2020 / 1 year; 2019 / 2 years, 2017 / 2 Years, 2016 / 1 Year; 2015 / 1 Year; 2013 / 2 Years
  • Partner: Nagorik Uddyog and Childhope UK
  • Partner website: https://nuhr.org
  Since 2013, TRAID has funded Nagorik Uddyog’s work to establish two daycare centres and two drop-in centres for the children […] Read more...

• Cultivating Non-GM Cotton Seeds

  • Project location: Madhyapradesh, India
  • Funding: £97,027 / £146,468
  • Year / duration: 2016 / 3 Years 2020 / 3 years
  • Partner: Fairtrade Foundation & Pratibha Syntex
  • Partner website: www.fairtrade.org.uk
  There is a global shortage of non-GM (genetically modified) cotton seed, which must be used to grow organic, Fairtrade and […] Read more...