Continuing without Wendy didi

This year we had 3 weeks of very cold weather so we have to drink few cups of tea daily in our office and had to buy warm clothes. Now this is February and the climate is not too cold nor hot.We still have to wear our scarf as usual.We had our two months office time without Wendy didi, we feel a little lonely and had to run the office with confidence.Some of the ladies wondered what work there would be to do if Wendy didi was not there and thought that the office had no work to give us but, as one lady said, “I was totally wrong. We had many things to do and we have work very hard. We had our continuous meetings. We do not have to stay back at home and put up with harassment.”Some things were easier than the ladies thought, like maintaining the stock and making list of all the new products. Some felt that solving some problems was hard at first but Samjana thought that having to just get in there and do it was something to learn from.For a long time we are waiting for our cupboard. We work very hard to buy it. Big thank you to all our friends who have supported us. Now we have our cupboard and we are very busy to keep our beads in order. Kumari has learnt to purchase required material like pote beads and silver from Dharan. She buys Dhaka and other stuff from the market. Soon the ladies hope they will be able to go to Kathmandu and buy our other stuff.Now we have our display room in the office. Recently some of the local visitors came and order the mala (necklaces).Our ladies are so expert they deal with the buyers and match the polymer bead with the pote and make the matching earring and single strand mala. I (Kopila) am so happy that now they can deal with the buyers and the visitors.As Pramila says, “We are working together and so close to each other. We respect and love each other.We always have our group discussion first and make our designs.”January was very cold and schools had one week holiday. We decided to take our kids for the picnic so we took them to Satasi (a lovely spot with a waterfall and temple) and the Samunnat office arranged for it. Once again we missed our Didi but had a wonderful time!