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CCF Helps the Association of Craft Producers Survive COVID
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CCF Helps Artisan Group (ACP) Survive COVID
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Recently I was contacted by my dear friend, Meera Bhatterai, director of the Association for Craft Producers (ACP), regarding a truly perilous situation for over 1000 women artisans in Nepal. Since their founding in 1984 ACP has helped 1000’s of low-income women in Nepal gain access to income, skills development, social benefits and training. They are a founding member of the Fair Trade Group Nepal and a long-time member of the World Fair Trade Organization. They are a Fair Trade success story and Ganesh Himal Trading is proud to have been selling their products since 1986.
Now, however, with the lockdown due to Covid-19 and the subsequent loss of sales, ACP’s situation is dire and they have reached out for help. There is no PPP loan in Nepal nor are there government resources for those who have lost their employment. ACP’s monthly expenses for salaries and benefits alone, comes to $33,000/month so you can see that they will need a lot to cover the producers wages in the coming months. With sales at 40% less than previous years and orders to make they need capital to survive while they learn how to adapt.
In early July, Ganesh Himal Trading’s partner foundation Conscious Connections Foundation (CCF) was thrilled to be able to provide a $25,000 grant for ACP’s operating expenses but they need much more than that and so we are looking to raise at least $25,000 more on their behalf. CCF is a non-profit, all volunteer run organization and all donations are tax deductible. Our bank fees are covered by a generous donor so that 100% of your donation will go directly to assist them. ACP is an amazing group, with a long history of bringing income and resources directly to women, they cannot fail and we hope you can help in any amount possible. Ric and Denise are personally going to match the first $2500 of donations made to assist ACP.
As Meera so aptly states in her letter:
“ACP has been self-reliant since our establishment in 1984, as a Not-for-Profit social enterprise, ACP had become self-sufficient from the 4th year…it has been 30 years since ACP has relied on its own income source for day-to-day operations. In 2015 after the devastating earthquake, we had a very fragile financial situation and we sought donor support to meet our operational expenses. We once again face a difficult situation. We are in dire need of working capital to tide over the present grave crisis imposed upon us by the pandemic. Sadly nothing significant has been announced by the government which would benefit MSMEs and SMEs like us. We are trying to locate funding support for our operational cost for the next 6 months, amounting to NRs. 30,000,000 (USD 260,000).
You have always believed in our work and supported us in time of crisis. We once again seek your support…We thank you for your continued support and looking forward to your response.Take care and stay safe.Warm regardsMeera”
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