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THE FIRST MILE WORKS WITH GLOBAL BRANDS TO SUPPORT FAIR WORKING PRACTICES AND ELIMINATE CHILD LABOUR FROM RAW MATERIALS SUPPLY

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First Mile is a private , nonprofit initiative formed of the partnership between Thread International and WORK . As such , Kelsey Halling - Head of Partnerships at The First Mile - and Vivien Luk - Executive Director of WORK - collaborate closely to enact meaningful change on projects in countries such as Haiti , as well as subsistence communities in other parts of the world , chiefly Taiwan and Honduras . It focuses on finding and ameliorating human rights concerns within the raw material sourcing of supply chains , improving quality and volume of material collected and supplied to brands . They are expanding their work this year exploring the creation of new First Mile supply chains and launching programmes Example in of an image caption
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