What is a fashionable future – Lately, the fashion industry has come under the spotlight, mostly for the wrong reasons. We believe that this information is not always fair and transparent. A few years ago, we started to test the possibilities of using fashion as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of the […]
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At Sonas, we like to talk about people with entrepreneurial talent and their relentless passion to create sustainable and positive. We admire them and are inspired by their resilience and never-give-up attitude. In fact, when we came to Cambodia we realized that these change makers were everywhere. Just have a look at our home page and you
Taeko represents a brand of echo village in the Takeo province in Cambodia. Taeko was established in collaboration with the Meas Family to encourage the villagers to grow organic fruits, vegetables and herbs that can be then converted into natural health and wellbeing products. The entrepreneurs involved in this project now grow fresh vegetables and
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A few years ago, we had a vision to co create a social business that could empower families in developing countries. Through our development work in Asia and Africa, we had found that most of the development initiatives had failed and we were looking for the answers. We came across Ernesto Sirolli’s great TED talk which inspired
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The Knitting project was established who is another great Social Enterprise. Cambodia Knits (CK) is a social enterprise working with marginalized communities in and near Phnom Penh. Our goal is to produce beautiful, high quality and unique hand-made products while providing fair and flexible employment opportunities. This project provides an opportunity for the women in the village
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We established Cambodian Craft Village because we saw the amazing rebirth Cambodia is experiencing, and wanted to create a socially responsible marketplace to bring Khmer culture and art to the world. We work with women artisans in Siem Reap and train them with skills that promise fair earnings and opportunities for them to take charge of their
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Angkor outlet was established to increase our market reach and further scale the impact of our other projects, we have launched an outlet in the popular city of Siem Reap which hosts over five million tourists every year. Siem Reap artisans and residents are also experiencing some of the negative impacts of not so responsible tourism. This
Grow It Yourself was launched in collaboration with GIY International. GIY Cambodia is a community of micro farmers who grow cash generating super fruits and herbs such as coconut, mango, lime, lemongrass etc. which are used for making the Dai Khmer health and wellbeing products. GIY is supporting 12 entrepreneurs and impacting the lives
Dai Khmer ( meaning Cambodian Handmade) was co founded with a Khmer young entrepreneur Vichka in late 2014 with the support from our friends Nathan and Leonie Evans who raised the investment by dedicating their wedding gift money to the project. Dai Khmer became sustainable within first year and now directly impacts the lives of
The first weaving project which was established in June 2013 in Takeo, Cambodia with the support from 30 friends and it reached sustainability by Dec 2013, well ahead of the initial forecasted period. The weaving village now produces over 500 cotton scarves each month, most of which are sold to international tourists who visit the
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