Nor Kartini (right) teaching other housewives from the B40 group how to make soap using used cooking oil at Sesapan Batu Rembau community hall in Beranang, Hulu Langat. — Photos: AIDA AHMAD/The Star
SUSTAINABILITY is the buzz word these days not only with regard to the environment but within social enterprises too as they focus on generating employment and supporting marginalised communities.
This multiprong approach has garnered a lot of support from multinational companies and their corporate social responsibility arms, with the aim to create an ecosystem to drive their respective social missions.
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Nor Kartini (right) teaching other housewives from the B40 group how to make soap using used cooking oil at Sesapan Batu Rembau community hall in Beranang, Hulu Langat. — Photos: AIDA AHMAD/The Star
Kechara Soup Kitchen volunteer Elsie Yeoh (in red) conducting a training session at a home in Kuala Lumpur to teach disadvantaged housewives how to upcycle unwanted linens. — Photo courtesy of Kechara Soup Kitchen
Cheah showing the bags made from used linen by housewives from the B40 group at the Kechara centre in Kuala Lumpur.
Zainurazrein says out-of-classroom experiential learning provides good exposure to pupils.
Jey says Me.reka focuses on nurturing creativity in STEAM-centric education.
Floor rugs made out of cotton T-shirts by housewives under the Kechara Empowerment programme. — Photo courtesy of Kechara Soup Kitchen
Soap mixture made from used cooking oil and pandan leaves are poured into moulds.
SK Dato’ Ishak pupils using a wood sander to make a multipurpose holder during a workshop at Me.reka, Kuala Lumpur. — Photos: ART CHEN/The Star
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