Meera Bhatterai

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Meera Bhatterai had a vision and in 1984 and set out to create a Fair Trade organization that would provide design, market, management and technical services to low income women craft producers.  Meera wanted to help women generate income, raise their standard of living and raise their self esteem. She wanted to give them a voice and a place in the market where they would not be exploited. The Association for Craft producers started with 38 producers and 5 staff in a rented 4000 square foot building.  Today ACP is fully self sufficient working with 1200 artisans from 15 districts of Nepal and 60 staff in a 43,000 square ft building.  ACP now exports to more than 18 countries and has created a strong domestic market.  Ganesh Himal Trading has worked with ACP since 1986 and from first hand experience knows that they are a success story in Fair Trade.

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