Blog
September
As with the rest of the world, it seems that Covid is getting worse in Nepal. They have now had 55,329 cases and 360 deaths. The authorities have had to ease some restrictions after the ‘business community and wage earners complained of financial hardship’. I guess that they are having to balance civil unrest with public health just as we are in this country. Now shops can only open on certain days depending upon what they are selling and transport is allowed on the roads with an odd/even number plate system.
Mud. Glorious mud!
Well, we are back at work in Nepal and taking all the covid-19 safety measures that we can. Temperature taking, sterilising the workplace, hand sanitiser, washing – in fact just about the lot!
Back to work?
Well, some people in Nepal are back at work. 42 companies and offices are now allowed to open and we are one of them! We are allowed to have some of our people back in the workshops and office but we have to provide food and lodging for them there. Everybody must stay 1m apart and we have to keep the whole area sanitised. So there was a small ‘relief programme’ at the workshops, a lot of the staff there came back to work and we gave out essential supplies of rice and lentils.
Sarmila
Meet our wonderful Sarmila Bhele. Sarmila keeps us all straight at our new workshops in the ancient city of Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is about 8 miles east of Kathmandu in Nepal. Sarmila is the leader of a group of about 25 knitters who live in the area and work from home and our new workshops.
Sarmila is 31 years old and is married to Rameshowar and they have an 11 year old son called Aayan. Rameshowar is the owner operator of his own bus in and around Kathmandu. Black Yak pays for Aayan’s schooling in a local school.
We could not operate our new workshop without Sarmila. She goes through the orders that we send over and distributes them, with wool and knitting instructions, to our knitters. She then performs magic and collects all the knitting back in and somehow manages to get it all back to our main unit for sorting, checking and finishing.
Meet Rupa
Meet the people behind the brand who help produce Black Yak……so they can also ‘Be an Individual’. In one of the first of our people stories we would like to introduce you to Rupa!
Rupa is head of the finishing department, which is a very demanding and important role. She has worked with us for more than 8 years and intends to spend the rest of her working life with Black Yak. Before she worked with us Rupa did not have regular work, doing ‘piece work’ knitting.
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