ACP

The Association for Craft Producers (ACP) is a non profit professional group established in 1984 that provides design, market, management and technical services for low income, primarily female, craft producers. The regular wage and allowances that ACP can pay their producers improves the overall standard of living. ACP currently benefits 1200 producers and runs an impressive range of producer welfare programs and initiatives including:

• A Savings program, retirement fund and a medical allowance.
• Festival allowances to cover increased household expenses during these times.
• Education allowances to cover children’s education and discourage child labour.
• A workshop cafeteria providing a meal and safe hygienic drinking water each day, to those workers based at or visiting the ACP premises.
• Paid maternity leave. 

ACP have recently completed a major upgrade of their premises to allow increased technical and quality support to their producers. In these refurbishments they have included a number of proactive environmental systems such as rainwater catchment and an operational waste water system.

ACP are founding members of the Fair Trade Group Nepal and are a member of the WFTO•The World Fair Trade Organistion.