Nara Maya Rai

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”default” sep_color=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Featured Artisan: Nara Maya Rai, Ceramics[/fusion_title][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][fusion_text]At 18, Nara Maya married into a poor family in Eastern Nepal.  Unable to cope with the hardship and poverty of her small village, Nara Maya and her husband ventured to Kathmandu in search of a better life.  In the city where respectable work for an illiterate woman is nearly nonexistent, she discovered ACP.  She joined as a knitter, while her husband found work as a porter.  Due to a health problem, Nara Maya was transferred to the painting unit, and then to the ceramics unit.  At first, her task was to stamp designs on the pottery, but she developed a fascination with the potters wheel.  ACP recognized her potential and so she was chosen for formal training in wheel operation.  Today, Nara Maya is self-sufficient, confident, and multi-skilled. All of her children are in school, they receive three square meals a day, and she currently out-earns her husband.[/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ last=”yes” spacing=”yes” center_content=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” border_position=”all” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding=”” margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” animation_type=”” animation_direction=”” animation_speed=”0.1″ class=”” id=””][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]