person: Chini Maya Negi

  • Resilience and hope: Chini Maya looks beyond COVID-19

    Resilience and hope: Chini Maya looks beyond COVID-19

    Chini Maya had to bear a huge loss in the first wave of COVID-19 because she had to halt her Nepali Paper Factory and Dhasingre Oil Company. She was forced to close her business for 7 months. She had a lot of oil and paper in stock, as she could not sell paper and pure…

  • Never give up!

    Never give up!

    “Last year my oil factory and paper production businesses were going very well but the outbreak of COVID-19 forced me to halt my business. However, the situation did not scare me off. I started growing and selling vegetables with the support of my daughters and still managed to have good earnings.” In Nepal, a country-wide…

  • Women can be agents of change!

    Women can be agents of change!

    Chini Maya is an ambitious and experienced entrepreneur, owner of a paper production company. She strongly believes that with the proper knowledge and skills, anyone can become an entrepreneur. If they try, women can do anything. They’ve become drivers of change. It’s all up to you. My goal is to ensure that all women in…

  • “It takes time to become successful but if you try, you definitely will one day”

    “It takes time to become successful but if you try, you definitely will one day”

      Chini Maya Negi from Manikhel, Mahankal Rural Municipality, Lalitpur District is 45 years old and used to be a dedicated housewife. She struggled through the worst economic state of her family, caring for a paralyzed brother in law and a husband doing nothing. The family was facing difficulty in running the day to day…