Social Awareness and Voluntary Education

Tirupur has been a hub for garment industry suppliers and a history of exploitation of rights of workers and child labour. SAVE was founded as a respo Read morense to the unfair and exploitative working conditions of garment factories, specifically under age children, young women enslaved as bonded labour. SAVE is the oldest and most reputed organization working directly with workers and unions. Since inception, SAVE has worked with many corporate houses, spinning mills and garment units ensuring fair and ethical practices for workers, their families and the local environment. SAVE organizes Garment industry consortium with an in-depth focus and expertise on Child rights, rescue of children from exploitation & child labour, education, skill development etc. Mission: Eradication of child labour and providing quality education to children, comprehensive political and socio economic empowerment of poor women, promoting better working and living standards for migrant and other labourers of knitwear industries through awareness, education, enhancing skills, capacity building, networking, lobby and advocacy and by formation of community strengthening structures. Potential reasons for engagement: 1. Working with workers in textile mills and garment factories. Have rapport with unions. 2. Working on Fair Trade and rights of workers 3. Experience of working with International Brands

SAVE envisions a child labor-free society where every child has access to education and young women and laborers, particularly migrants, have dignified life and work conditions. Their mission is to abolish child labor through awareness, education, capacity building, networking, and strengthening community structures.

In the reporting period of April 2020 to March 2021, SAVE had 83 members in the project implementation team and 982 volunteers, with 72% of volunteers being women.