Rise participants during a training session held before the movement control order.
FOLLOWING its launch, Maybank Foundation’s Reach Independence and Sustainable Entrepreneurship (Rise) programme reached a milestone of 11,813 participants trained across Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Laos.
With 9,511 participants being people with disabilities (PWDs) and the rest from other marginalised communities, the programme has had a significant impact on PWD communities in South-East Asia.
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