In Cambodia, weaving has been a long tradition. It dates to as early as the twelfth century, when textiles were used in trade during Angkorian times.
Traditional weaving is a craft that is passed down from grandmothers to mothers to daughters. In rural villages, every family has a hand loom under the porch. The women weave fabrics while tending to their families.
As the handmade products are gaining importance, this sector can be a vehicle to help the rural families to tap into the potential of growing market of ethical fashion and leverage on it to achieve personal and community economic development.
Turn the limiting factors into opportunities. Initiating the economic progress through village fashion entrepreneurs. Introduction of fashion as a vehicle for positive change in the lives of villagers, guilt free pleasure for the consumers and helping the brands developing change maker leaders of the future by providing real opportunities to make differnce by sharing their expertise and resources. This can be achieved by tapping into the power of fashion and innovation to develop a community that creates a blue print for economic development and personal empowerment for entire value chain.
Linda is passionate about the community economic development through fashion. She is a natural leader who grew up in the village. She holds MBA and worked with various NGOs before taking over her won family social business.
The Cambodian Weaving Village project in Takeo, our first workshop est. 2013 is the key foundation of our overall vision of the impact through village entrepreneurship.
Sophal is from the village nearby and was working in a garment factory before she joined our team. She studied accounting and has an amazing attention to detail.
I visited the Weavers village in 2017 and that impacted me in such a way that i decided to get involved with them by using my professional skills and networks. That’s what inspired Liika and am so happy to share the authentic stories of empowered people from the village.
I visited Cambodian Weaving Village in November 2016 and was shown around by Linda Meas, I learned about the history of cotton weaving in Takeo province and The Weavers Project’s efforts to revive a dying art and how this all relates toCambodia’s ready-made garment industry. Spurred by the belief that weaving might once again be a viable source of income for women in Tram Kak, The Weaving Project has stepped in to preserve and restore weaving techniques.