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Jaipur Rugs
Foundation (JRF) is a voluntary, non-profit and secular
organization, registered under Public Trust Act, which
was established in response to the growing needs in the
development sector to organize people at grassroot level
for alleviating poverty by significantly enhancing their
income.
JRF was founded by
Mr. N. K. Chaudhary, a
leading entrepreneur of hand knotted carpets with a
purpose to organize carpet weaving artisans at grassroot
level and build up their capacity so that they may have
decent earnings and lead a dignified life. JRF came into
existence in the year 2004 and in last six years it has
established itself as one of the leading voluntary
organizations in India.
We, at JRF work with more than 40,000 artisans across
the carpet value chain in 10 states in India. Some of
the milestones achieved by us include providing
sustainable livelihoods to thousands of artisans,
improvement in payment terms, eradication of child labor
from carpet industry, popularizing carpet in
nontraditional areas, organizing artisans in SHG and
producer companies for financial security, promotion of
artisan forum etc. JRF has evolved a model of poverty
reduction and in the next 5 years time, we plan to reach
out to 100,000 artisans along with their families. |
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