April 2007: Dwell Follows RugMark Tour

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This week, the Dwell blog will follow two former child weavers, Jaya Bhandari and Sanita Lama, on their Young Heroes Tour. Bhandari and Lama, now 19, were rescued from Katmandu carpet factories by RugMark, a non-profit group dedicated to getting children out of the mills and into schools. Over the course of the four-city tour, the youth will share their stories of rescue and rehabilitation as they meet with industry professionals, RugMark donors, students and faculty at Tufts University, and others in New York, Washington, and Miami.
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