Assisi

Assisi Garments was founded in 1994 in Tamil Nadu India. Set up by Franciscan nuns, it provides employment for deaf, mute and poor women who were considered unfit for marriage by their families.

Assisi provides a haven for these women to live in and a safe and supportive working environment. They are paid a fair wage and a lump sum paid after five years of employment to start a home.

They specialise in the production of organic cotton knitted products under fair trade conditions, the high quality of which has, coupled with support from fair trade customers, enabled the project to flourish, evidenced by the workforce growing from five to 150.