Development projects

Supporting projects to improve overall conditions

The STEP-Foundation supports development projects in the carpet producing areas. The aim of these projects is to lastingly improve the working and living conditions of the weavers and their families. At the moment STEP Foundation is involved in projects in India, Nepal, Pakistan and Morocco which are carried out by local and Swiss development organisations.

The projects are focussing on:

	training and education for children and adults, especially women (literacy, health care and project management)
	generating alternative incomes for adults to enable them to send their children to school
	supporting local health care units
	improving safety at the working place
	supporting ecologically harmless production

Projectlist (pdf-Format to download, 118 KB)

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