00:00My name is Arati Rai, and I am from Nepal.
00:11So my parents went to India, in Meghalaya, Shillong, and I was born there.
00:19And I have two brothers and me, so we used to go to school there.
00:25Suddenly one day my father had an accident, the rock fell on his feet, then he got a severe
00:32accident where he cannot walk, he cannot do his work by himself.
00:38Then I stopped studying also, because of the financial problem, of course.
00:45I got married, so I had a child, she's a baby girl.
00:52He was behaving very badly, so I decided to leave him and I came and stay with my mother.
00:59After my daughter was born, until six months I didn't work, I was in the house only.
01:05And slowly I started to go to work in construction, where they build house as a helper.
01:13And my mother used to do also before, but when I started, I said, you take care of my child,
01:19I will do this work and I will support the family.
01:23So morning I left my daughter in the house, then evening only I used to see her.
01:28And then after that I applied for the job in Dubai.
01:34So I got selected.
01:35I decided to move to Dubai to support my family in financial and also for my daughter's study.
01:44She's not like me, like study till grade eight and then stop, but I want her to support
01:51in her future to make her dream come true.
01:54I joined EFS in 2015 November.
01:59So I was in the school for one year as a housekeeping attendant.
02:04After one year, they promoted me in team leader.
02:08So my manager told that, yes, Aarti, don't be afraid, we are with you.
02:13After two years, they called me for an interview.
02:17I didn't know why also, but they just called me, come to the office for an interview.
02:22I went and I was selected as a receptionist.
02:26I was so happy that day because when that day, when I gave the interview, that was the
02:32birthday of my daughter also, which is 5th January.
02:38Aarti is humble.
02:40She is composed.
02:41She has great organizational skills.
02:44She is hardworking.
02:46She's a multi-tasker and she takes the ownership of the task being given to her.
02:51She's a great collaborator and effective communicator.
03:02After six months, again, our group CEO, Mr. Tariq Chauhan, he called me in the office
03:10and then he said that, you are going to work with me.
03:14That day, I was so afraid because with the group CEO, I was managing reception and plus
03:22he was saying, join with me here.
03:25Then I went in his department, in corporate office, and with the help of my line manager,
03:33Ms. Shamin Nazareth, she helped me a lot.
03:36And then I was trained there also.
03:40She trained me how to do the secretarial job and all.
03:44So now I'm managing his personal account.
04:10Every time I used to speak to her, that time we didn't have phone also.
04:19So I called somebody from the village and then I asked them to have a video call with her.
04:26I always think of my daughter that I have to work for her.
04:29I love you so much.
04:48Dubai has given me so many things, safety, security.
04:53Whenever we go out, we don't feel unsafe.
04:55They gave us opportunity, what we have the ability to work, to do.
05:01It's my second home where I can feel that everyone is my family.
05:07Like whenever we go out, they give priority to ladies, to everywhere.
05:13And I feel I can take help from anyone.
05:17And plus it helped me to achieve my dreams.
05:20Till now I have done so many things for my family and my daughter.
05:24So I will continue this journey in UAE till I can.
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