Meet our ASEAN WISE angels

​Women reinvest 90% of their earnings back into their communities, while men reinvest ~30%.* The women selected for the ASEAN WISE Fellowship particularly demonstrate this by aggregating impact: they help other women earn an income, who in turn reinvest their earnings into their communities. Women are key drivers to ending poverty and our believe in this very value led us to choose these women-led social enterprises as our fellows.

These women-led enterprises lead our society towards a sustainable future by ensuring that their organisations are environmentally friendly by sourcing eco-friendly materials. Additionally, they direct their revenues to help their communities, and the welfare of their employees are taken into consideration. Working with them has allowed us to admire their work and their passion for what they do. Presenting our fellows, and their efforts.

*According to a World Bank Report in 2014.
Anya Lim
ANTHILL ​​​
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​ANTHILL Fabric strives  to keep their Philippine weaving traditions alive and to provide sustainable livelihood for their partner communities. 

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Amy Blair
batik Boutique​

​Batik Boutique provides sustainable income opportunities to disrupt the cycle of poverty amongst artists in Malaysia with the art of sewing and textile dying 
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Truong Thi Thu Thuy
Chie crafts and design
​Chie Handmade is a fair-trade business specialising in providing handicraft items that are self-designed and handmade from ethnic brocades.
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Vanntha Ngorn
​COlor Silk
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​Color Silk aims to provide Cambodian women a secure, safe, and permanent job which allows them to be with their families and empower themselves through financial autonomy.
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Sirasar Boonma
HEAR AND FOUND

​Hear and Found's mission is to expose cultural treasures for media creators and adventurous listeners while supporting the local people, especially the indigenous groups.
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Febrina Bayurini
Kesuma
Kesuma aims to  empower local housewives and disabled women in the village area through embroidery crafts.
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Bea Sanz-Corella
Kmana
 Committed to sustainability, quality and transparency, Kmana's bags are carefully sourced and produced through partnerships with a network of women cooperatives and leather artisans in Indonesia.
Anis Kristiana
Kmana
Anis is the executive assistant of Kmana.



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Hok Thanan
kravan house
Kravan House provides training and employment opportunities to people who are disabled due to landmines, polio and other physical challenges. 
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Michelle Lim 
Make the change​​
​​Make the Change has a vision to empower
and transform communities
​through design.
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Salika Maguindanao
MARANAO COLLECTIBLES
Maranao Cooperative is formed by a group of internally-displaced women and men who create heirloom langkit weaving.
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Hensona Anak Munah
mENDARAM LONGHOUSE CRAFTS
Mendaram Longhouse Crafts creates livelihoods for the indigenous women of Mendaram Besar Longhouse.
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Nur Judy Abdullah
Mendaram 
​Longhouse Crafts


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Adinindyah Arya Wisnutama
perkumpulan lawe
The business offers opportunities for Indonesia women to develop their potential through the art of handweaving.
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Wiraswati Yuliani

​PERKUMPULAN LAWE
Wiraswati is the
​program manager of Perkumpulan Lawe


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​Dalayphone Sayasithsena
SAYA BRAND​​​

Saya brand focuses on improving the lives of local communities by supporting them on sustainable commercial opportunities.




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Tara Gujadhur
TRADITIONAL ARTS AND ETHNOGRAPHY CENTRE
Traditional arts and Ethnography centre promotes pride and appreciation for the cultures and knowledge of Laos’ diverse peoples.
Prairie Yooprasert
tohsang cotton village​

​Tohsang Cotton Village's main vision is to create additional income for low income women by resurrecting and preserving traditional weaving and natural cotton growing in Khong Chiam, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
Aparna Saxena
TORAJAMELO


​TORAJAMELO collaborates with women-led weaving communities and offer market access sustainably via commerce, community collaboration and consultancy. 

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Audrey Trinidad, Trish Lim and ​John Francia
WOVENCRAFTS
Woven is a compassionate crafts company that designs hand-in-hand with Filipino artisans for the modern lifestyle. 



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ASEAN WISE  Fellowship 2021
Developing Women-led Social Enterprises in ​ASEAN focusing on the Creative Economy
ASEAN Women Impacting Social Enterprise (WISE) Fellowship is our flagship program that has a vision of building a community of learning and support for the handicraft sector in ASEAN, given that 2021 is the UN Year of the Creative Economy. This community is comprised of social enterprises tackling poverty in the region, corporate volunteers, and Angels of Impact team and partners. Together, we can work together to strengthen social enterprises as they work to overcome the downsides of the pandemic and also help end poverty in the lives of so many.
This is not a typical accelerator, workshops or mentorship program: we stand for building deep, long-standing relationships through authentic interaction that amplifies the work of women and indigenous peoples across Southeast Asia. ​
Requirements for selection included:
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1) Women-led,

2) Creative economy sector,
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3) Revenues of at least $10K revenue per year,

4) Works at community level with artisans, micro-entrepreneurs or cooperatives,

5) Shares wealth with the community and 6) Address UNSDG #1, #5 and #12.

Last but not least, that they operate in one of the 10 ASEAN countries.’
The ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW) is the official endorsing ASEAN Sectoral Body for this project and Angels of Impact in partnership with ASEAN Foundation are the implementing bodies and the project is  sponsored by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. SAP and Air Asia Foundation are two of our key corporate partners.