Marked for life: the Rugmark scheme aims to put a smiling face symbol on each child-labour-free carpet - but is is working?

New Internationalist, July, 1997 by Mukul Sharma

Iqbal Masih Tribute Website http://www.digitalrag.com/mirror/iqbal/

Rugmark Foundation 2 Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021, India. Tel: (91) 11 301 5462. Website (a Dutch site about it): http://www.alfea.it/coordns/work/minori/ rugmark.html

UNICEF Website http://www.unicef.org

AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

Set the Children Free Coalition c/o Caritas, PO Box 12193, Wellington. Tel: (04) 496 1742. Fax: (04) 499 2519. e-mail: caritas@peoplelink.co.nz Coalition members include Trade Aid, Caritas, Christian World Service, CORSO, UNICEF and Asia Pacific Workers Solidarity Links.

AUSTRALIA

Community Aid Abroad 156 George Street, Fitzroy, Vic 3065.

Tel: (03) 289 9444. Contact: Jeff Atkinson.

Free the Children c/o Kimberley Santos, 103 Grandview Avenue, Pascoe, Vale South 3044 Melbourne. Fax: 613 9354 0481.

Rugmark carpets can at present only be bought in Australia through Myer Grace Bros stores. For further information contact Paul Bravender-Coyle on (03) 9608 8342.

BRITAIN

Anti-Slavery International The Stableyard, Broomgrove Road, London SW9 9TL. Tel: (0171) 924 9555. Fax: (0171) 738 4110. e-mail: antislavery@gn.apc.org The first port of call in Britain for reliable research and campaigning on child labour. Their most recent report is Helping Business to Help Stop Child Labour.

Christian Aid PO Box 100, London SEI 7RT. Tel: (0171) 620 4444.

Fax: (0171) 620 0712. e-mail: caid@gn.apc.org

Website: http://www.oneworld.org/christian_aid/ Has recently launched a major report/campaign called A sporting chance: Tackling child labour in India's sports industry.

CANADA

Free the Children 16 Thornbank Road, Thornhill, Ont, L4J 2A2, Canada. Tel: 905 881 0863. Fax: 905 881 1849. e-mail: freechild@clo.com See interview on Page 28.

IRELAND

Christian Aid Christchurch, Rathgar Road, Dublin 6.

Tel: (1)496 6184 Fax: (1) 497 3880.

Trocaire 169 Booterstown Avenue, Black Rock, Co. Dublin.

Tel: (1)288 5385.

Free the Children c/o Christine O'Haire, 2 Youghals, Clonakilty, Co Cork. Tel: 23 34546.

UNITED STATES

Free the Children 2232 S Main Street #454, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103.

Tel: 860 456 4669.

US Child Labour Coalition c/o National Consumers League, 1701 K Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20006. Tel: 202 835 3323.

Website: http://www.essential.org/clc/home.html