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CRAFTS ACP Text: A B Shrestha TRAILBLAZER DHUKUTI IN BETWEEN, ACP PRODUCERS ARE ACTIVE IN NEPALGANJ, BAGLUNG, PALPA, POKHARA, KATHMANDU, LALITPUR, BHAKTAPUR, SINDHULPALCHOK, BARAHBISE, JANAKPUR, TEHRATHUM AND DHANKUTA. 48 MAR-APR 2006 SPACES
CRAFT MY AMBITION WAS TO MAKE ACP INTO A SELF SUSTAINING AND SELF DRIVEN UNIT WHICH WOULD PLAY A ROLE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN PROVIDING LIVELIHOOD TO A LARGE NUMBER OF LOW INCOME (PRIMARILY FEMALE) GROUP OF PEOPLE.” IN DECEMBER 1992 SHE WAS AWARDED THE ASHOKA FELLOWSHIP. This was a gratifying moment in the life of Meera Bhattarai, Executive Secretary, Founder Member and Executive Director of Association for Craft Producers (ACP) whose retail outlet, Dhukuti, is famous as the premier showroom for local handicrafts. “It was very satisfying to be recognized by this international organization, and gave added impetus to my drive.” Of course, Meera Bhattarai’s zeal and determination, as well as her boundless energy, need not be credited to just this award. The dynamism of this diminutive lady had already been well proven much before then. In fact, one can credit her success to her motivation to be much more than just another NGO in the country. “My ambition was to make ACP into a self sustaining and self driven unit which would play a role of significant importance in providing livelihood to a large number of low income (primarily female) group of people.” Well, going by statistics it managed to do just that barely three years down the line since its establishment in 1984. As she says, “We broke even in 1987 and after that there has been no looking back.” ACP was registered as a private limited company in 1987, “to make it eligible for loans,” according to the powerhouse lady, and in 1990, the NGO bought a five ropani property in Rabi Bhawan, Kathmandu. “But even then, somehow we found it extremely difficult to be get bank financing,” she remembers. “Since ACP was registered as a social service organization, banks refused to consider our property for mortgage purposes.” However, the company managed to get patronage from some well wishers and continued to grow and grow. Besides SPACES MAR-APR 2006 49
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