WASHINGTON DC - Non-profit GoodWeave has launched the COVID-19 Child and Worker Protection Fund to help meet the basic needs of supply chain workers and their families in India, Nepal and Afghanistan.
The organisation, which works to end child, forced and bonded labour in global supply chains, says money raised will be used to deliver humanitarian aid and services to maginalised workers and children.
Nina Smith, CEO of GoodWeave International, said: “We know from past experience that child, forced and bonded labour increases during times of economic hardship.