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Ways you Can Support the Women in WWP
The Women and Wealth Project will finish on 31 December 2011 however the businesses are interested in hearing from individuals or organizations that can support them in the following areas:
Purchase WWP Products and Services
Purchasing the products and services of the businesses directly impacts the lives, hopes, and dreams of the women involved and helps sustain their social enterprises. If you are interested in purchasing WWP products or services, please contact the businesses directly-MDSF at mdsfcambodia@yahoo.com or SLC at info@sociallight.in or WD at weaving.destination@gmail.com
Contribute your creativity to WWP
The WWP businesses are always looking for ways to refine their designs and methods to improve craftsmanship. If you have an eye for design and would like to contribute your expertise, please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Promote the WWP businesses and WE brand
Most consumers agree that, price and quality being equal, they are more likely to buy a product or service that is associated with a cause they care about. If you would like to assist the WWP businesses with cause-related marketing or brand development and promotion, please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Provide Trainings
The WWP believes that building the marketable skills of our staff is crucial to the success of their business and to the socio-economic empowerment of HIV+ women in general. If you or an associated entity provides vocational or business trainings and would like to donate time to the businesses, please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
WWP at your event
If you are hosting an event and would like WWP products displayed and available for sale, please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Write about or link with WWP
Want to write about our initiative or link to our website? We welcome the media exposure as it provides free advertising for our businesses. Feel free to link to our website, for media inquiries please contact please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Partner with WWP
WWP products are ideal for events such as conferences, meetings, or other special events. MDSF and SLC are able to provide items such as conference bags, invitations, and event promotion materials. If you are interested in having WWP products at your event, please contact PDA at urb@pda.or.th. You can also contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Send encouraging messages to the women
While we always maintain a positive working atmosphere, it is always nice to receive encouragement from others. To correspond with the ladies, please contact MDSF, SLC and WD directly.
Donate
To donate funds to the WWP, please contact the businesses directly.
WWP SUPPORTERS
The WWP wishes to acknowledge the valuable support provided by the following professionals. If you have professional skills that you would like to contribute to the welfare and empowerment of vulnerable women in Asia, please contact the businesses directly.
Bibi Russell
Fashion Designer and Former Model
Click here to visit a page on Bibi Russell's support for WWP
Keiko Ai
Professional Photographer
KEIKO grew up in Tokyo, Japan, a city where one is continuously exposed with visual images of a super paced daily life.
Keiko focuses on her candid, photojournalistic style of "capturing the fleeting moments of the day" in an unforgettable, distinctive and artistic angle. Whether wedding, portraits or products, still life or fashion, Keiko is driven to reveal the natural, intrinsic beauty of her subject.
http://www.keikophotography.com/indexe.html
Women Empowered through International Cooperation
Seimi Wangsai, Owner of Tragoon in Yokohama, Japan
For more information, please email seimi.w@tragooon.com.
The Singapore International Foundation, Singapore
For more information on the SIF, please visit http://www.sif.org.sg/.
Catalyst Management Services, India
For more information on CMS, please visit http://cms.org.in/main/. |
Mr. Seimi Wangsai is a skilled apparel designer and the owner of Tragoon, a high-end fair trade store in Yokohama. Mr. Wangsai sells a range of MDSF products at Tragoon but also provides several forms of support to MDSF. Mr. Wangsai provides technical training on garment production, quality control, business management, and marketing. In addition, he contracts MDSF to produce his designs that are particularly targeted to the Japanese market, and continues to provide an important link for the marketing of WE products in Japan. Mr. Wangsai provides technical assistance on-site in Cambodia at regular intervals and maintains consistent communication with the MDSF staff between his visits.
The Singapore International Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 1991. The SIF aims to build a better world through shared ideas, skills and experiences, so as to uplift lives and create greater understanding between Singaporeans and world communities. In recognition of its work, the SIF was presented the Excellence for Singapore Award. Through the Singapore International Volunteers (SIV) programme, the SIF has provided a range of support to the businesses through trainings given by highly skilled personnel. The SIV programme was founded on the idea that shared skills and experiences can empower countries, communities and improve the lives of individuals. The WWP businesses have benefited greatly from trainings ranging from production and design with MDSF to process and quality control with SLC.
Catalyst Management Services (CMS) is Catalyst Management Services (CMS) is part of Catalyst Group; a passionate development support organisation working in social development since 1994. CMS provide quality management services to improve the effectiveness of policies, processes and outcomes and services include assessments, planning, proposal development, monitoring, evaluations, research, capacity building, documentation and communication, HR &OD, financial management. CMS has provided support to SLC through capacity building services, facilitating planning and assessment activities.