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SCARF COLLECTION 2015
MEKONG NOMADS
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Our StoryCombining her passion for social development, and a love of beautifully handmade quilts, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) dentist Thanh Truong worked with NGO Mekong Plus to form Mekong Quilts in 2001. Her main aim: creating sustainable employ-ment for under-privileged women in remote and rural regions of Vietnam and Cambodia.
Quilting is a perfect craft for employment gen-eration – it requires low initial investment, and the women can work from home so they stay close to their families.
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To expand the program, Thanh decided to open a stand-alone store in HCMC, thus increasing em-ployment opportunities for even more women. The VRFLDO�HQWHUSULVH�TXLFNO\�ÁRXULVKHG�� ,Q�������IROORZ-ing on from the success of Mekong Quilts, Mekong Creations was established to diversify the product range, which included handcrafted accessories and gift items.
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Mekong+ products can also be custom made to PHHW� RXU� FOLHQWV·� LQGLYLGXDOL]HG� DHVWKHWLF�� DQG� WR�the high standard of ‘workwomanship’ that our reputation is built on.
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Currently, we have six stores across Vietnam and Cambodia, along with national and international partners such as luxury resort Six Senses, Nha Trang, DQG�)UHQFK�ODEHO��7HUUH�'·RF��7KLV�KDV�HQDEOHG�XV�WR�create sustainable employment for over 340 wom-en to date.
Our MakersOur makers are women from under-privileged, rural regions of Vietnam and Cambodia. Prior to working ZLWK�0HNRQJ���WKH\�ZRXOG�WUDYHO�WR�ÀHOGV�IDU�DZD\�from their homes in search of work, leaving their children at home.
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province) in Cambodia.
The women receive training, a fair wage and em-SOR\PHQW�EHQHÀWV�VXFK�DV�KHDOWK� LQVXUDQFH��ZHG-ding and baby bonuses, and bereavement pay-ments. They are also able to work in a safe and comfortable environment close to their families. Many of the women who work for the project have doubled their income, which ensures that their chil-dren remain in school.
The women work in groups, each supervised by a group leader. Group leaders handle the alloca-tion of work, provide a working space and travel regularly to HCMC to deliver products, collect new orders and support the quality control process. The group leaders have become effective entrepre-neurs with major responsibilities, managing up to 25 quilters at a time.
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Every item purchased from Mekong+ is a gift that gives twice.
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68 Le Loi, 1st )ORRU'����+&0�&LW\��9LHWQDP+84 (8) 2210 [email protected]
13 Hang BacHoan KiemHanoi, Vietnam+84 (4) 3926 [email protected]
58 Hang TrongHoan KiemHanoi, Vietnam+84 (4) 3824 [email protected]
136 Tran PhuHoi An, Vietnam+84 (510) 386 [email protected]
Vietnam Cambodia
47-49 Street 240Phnom Penh+ 885 23 219 [email protected]
5 Sivutha Bd6LHP�5HDS+855 63 964 [email protected]
Photography|Hoi Tran, Hoang VietStyling|Gam Pham Layout|Phong Lai
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