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The following letter was sent to us by 13-year-old Sandesh, a former child laborer rescued by GoodWeave.

My name is Sandesh. I am 13 years old. I used to work long days in a carpet factory but fortunately a GoodWeave inspector rescued me one year ago and now I am in school.

Click here to read more about Sandesh and other former child weavers rescued by the GoodWeave certification program. To view a slideshow of former child weavers portrayed in GoodWeave's traveling photo exhibit Faces of Freedom, click here.

Christine and Walter Chapin launched Company C Inc., a designer and manufacturer of hand-crafted area rugs, on a hunch that consumers would respond well to less traditional options in Oriental rug designs. That insight paid off, and as the company took hold, the Chapins signed up with the GoodWeave certification program to ensure that its mills hired only skilled adult weavers.

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