Seng Kim : New, Guaranteed Income From Mulberry
Seng Kim is a 47-year-old woman living in Veng village, Takeo province. Kim and her husband, who is a farmer, have 3 children. Besides growing rice, Kim’s main income is from making a hand-made, Khmer rice noodle called Num Banh Chork. Kim recently joined the Maybank Women Eco-Weavers Programme to grow mulberry trees and has […]
Vanntha Ngorn: Inspiring A New Generation On Weavers
Vanntha Ngorn is the founder of Color Silk, a social enterprise, with a mission to preserve the art and culture of silk weaving, while reducing poverty in Cambodia. She is also the inspiration behind the Maybank Silk Weaving Training Centre. Vanntha’s mother was a weaver, one of a diminishing number of artisans who retained the […]
Stories Of Success From Maybank Women Eco-Weavers, Indonesia
From the lands of East and Central Lombok, Sawah Lunto and Tanah Datar, Indonesia, come stories of hungry stomachs, empty pockets and brokenness, transformed into lives of relative abundance. Inak Dedek: Joy In Numbers Inak Dedek used to weave on her little porch between working odd jobs at a nearby farm. A widow with 3 […]