Children's Arms T-shirt : Fashion Fit 10-12
Salute to a peaceful future

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All t-shirts include the following message on the front:
children are born
with these arms
not these arms.

What sort of world will we leave our kids? Will it be safer than what we've currently got? Stand up and be counted with this eye-catching statement on a top quality Fair Trade t-shirt. Organic cotton, yellow.

Four sizes available:
-Fashion Fit size 10-12, chest 82 cm.
-Fashion Fit size 14-16, chest 88 cm.
-Loose Fit Large, chest 100 cm.
-Loose Fit Extra Large, chest 110 cm.

All our t-shirts are made from 200gsm interlock fabric, designed to last much longer than ordinary t-shirts.

According to the London-based Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers:

- As of 2005, as many as 60 countries continued to recruit children at the ages of 16 and 17 into peacetime armies. They included Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Canada, Cuba, India, Iran, Jordan, North Korea and the Netherlands.
-At least 10 governments continue to use children in armed conflict.
- In Africa up to 100,000 children, some as young as nine, were estimated to be involved in armed conflict in mid 2004.
- Most child soldiers are aged between 14 and 18. While many enlist 'voluntarily' research shows that such adolescents see few alternatives to involvement in armed conflict. Many girls have reported enlisting to escape domestic servitude, violence and sexual abuse.
- Forcible abductions, sometimes of large numbers of children, continue to occur in some countries. Children as young as nine have been abducted and used in combat.
- Demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) programs specifically aimed at child soldiers have been established in many countries. However, the programs lack funds and adequate resources. Sustained long-term investment is needed if they are to be effective.
- Despite growing recognition of girls' involvement in armed conflict, girls are often deliberately or inadvertently excluded from DDR programs. Girl soldiers are frequently subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence as well as being involved in combat and other roles.

Benefits for you:

- You'll be more content knowing the producers and the planet have been treated well.
- Your cotton goods are free of allergy-causing toxic pesticides and insecticides.
- You'll enjoy top quality goods from the expert Indian craftspeople at Rajlakshmi.

Benefits for the producers and the planet:

- Organic production means no toxic pesticides and insecticides are used in cotton growing. That means better health and less debt for the Indian farming families.
- Traditional cotton growing uses about 60% of all toxic chemicals used in India, so moving to organic production makes a huge difference.
- The organic cotton growing is certified by SKAL International.
- The Chetna Organic Farmers Association is registered by FLO-International (Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International) which ensures a fair price and conditions for the farmers. This FLO registration also ensures cotton production:
- Is child-labour free
- Is produced by small & marginal farmers
- Is socially responsible for its farmers and farm-workers in the production chain
- Is absolutely free of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
- Cotton spinning is done in a factory that is ILO (International Labour Organization) compliant and also ISO 9001:2000 (quality management) certified.
- The factories producing the final products are meeting all ILO requirements for their workforces (in fact they do better than ILO requirements, for example by providing primary and secondary education for the workers’ children, and a revolving loan scheme for workers).
- Whenever dyes are used the organic fabric dyeing process is SKAL certified

In brief our project partners at Rajlakshmi Cotton Mills and the Chetna Organic Famers Association are working very hard to ensure that conditions in the entire production chain exceed the goals of the Clean Clothes Campaign

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