Lily Handicraft is a group of talented and spiritually driven women who work with young women and orphanage caregivers to provide training in sewing and life skills.
Some of them then manage to develop these new skills and use them to support themselves. Lily reinvests all the income generated to cover transportation costs, salaries, and ongoing support for the beneficiaries.
Shin Thant Upcycled is a small family business passionate about reducing, recycling, and upcycling plastic waste. First, the plastics are carefully washed and then fused together to create new, usable materials. These uniquely patterned plastics are then given a second life as stylish shopping bags, pouches, purses, lampshades, and more.
The Women Development Center in Yangon is a welcoming and training center for vulnerable women, particularly those displaced by conflict or facing poverty. At the heart of its activities is weaving, a traditional skill that the center transmits and promotes. Women learn to spin, dye, and weave, often for the first time, in a setting that allows them to develop their craft skills.
Through this training, they are able to create unique textiles that reflect their culture and creativity. Weaving becomes a means of subsistence for them, but also a tool for emancipation and personal reconstruction.
Eden Jewelry is a social organization that fights against trafficking and sexual exploitation in Myanmar. It provides shelter and comprehensive support to survivors, offering them treatment, psychological support, and
training to rebuild their lives.
In their workshops, these women handcraft unique jewelry, symbols of their journey and their renewal. All profits from sales are reinvested to fund support programs, giving each survivor a chance to regain dignity and independence.
The project aims to train weavers in sewing (using sewing machines), to create a range of products that meet the target audience (travelers, hotels/tourist accommodation), to train them in marketing techniques and to support them in creating a showcase that will allow them to sell their products and run weaving/dyeing workshops for tourists.