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Our Centre aims to educate, empower and advocate for sustainability and social impact in Malaysia for systemic change. Stakeholders and partners will gain avenues and tools that facilitate community development, learning and inclusivity in doing good business, social entrepreneurship and promoting sustainability.
Located on Kasturi Walk, next to Central Market, This is jointly developed and championed by pioneers of sustainability, the Project, merging collective impact across Malaysia and the globe.
Our IMPACT GOAL: 30,000 employment and training hours & impact the livelihoods of 3000 individuals by 2026
Reducing plastic waste & impacting communities with sustainability training.
Plastic pollution is everywhere, and going nowhere fast - except into our waterways, soil, food, air, and bodies. The Project creates ocean plastic solutions and education for businesses, educational institutions and marginalised communities. SMP is a social enterprise which designs and builds mobile 3-in-1 plastic recycling machines (catering to the specific needs of the end user), and organizes interactive educational workshops focused on sustainability and plastic pollution. SMP was registered in 2020, and aims to grow and empower community project sites, and create positive social and environmental impact by collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders to reduce plastic pollution on Earth.
5 YEAR IMPACT: 71,000+ handmade upcycled products, 27,000+ hours employment and training to marginalised communities, 185+ upcycling machines sold globally.
seamonkeyprojects.com
Sea Monkey would love to have folks who like building machines, creating high quality mold designs (for the plastic injection molds), those keen on the circular economy and organising waste management education, organising workshops etc.
1st B Corp social enterprise & only fair trade brand certified with WFTO, in Malaysia. Founded in 2013.
This project is founded and owned by Malaysian women, focused on creating and preserving our collective cultural heritage whilst improving livelihoods, whilst bridging the craft, art and fashion worlds. Project's decade long experience has impacted and grown the social impact ecosystem in Malaysia. As a sustainability champion in Malaysia addressing SDG goals 1,8 & 12, the project focuses on education & training of micro entrepreneurs, creating customised gifts, conducting sustainability & artisan workshops & raising awareness globally on social entrepreneurship. All of the project's products are made with natural or recyclable materials, practising circular economy in their operations.
IMPACT: MYR 2.3M in income, training, mentoring and aid for artisans since 2013.
earthheir.com
This is going to be a marketplace for social impact gifts Made in Malaysia, by including curated social impact products from other social enterprises and NGOs in Malaysia. We need help with digital marketing, SEO, website management, inventory management, merchandising etc. We would also love those with an interest in teaching new skills or enhancing the skills of our current artisans and helping the social enterprises / NGOs with the packaging and labelling of their products. Also content creators with photography and videography experience.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Help with Eco Projects
Teaching
DIY and building projects
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We work with Malaysian rural artisans and Refugee persons who live in Malaysia. You will be working with a multi ethnic team and lots of exciting projects to showcase ethical products.
Help
We have launched a range of Refugee women jewellery : Product designers with experience in Bag and Accessories design, jewellery design would be amazing! Please get in touch if you have design and product development skills.
1) *️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️Are you a digital marketing expert or content creator? Like, really an expert? If you have experience in building an e-commerce business, we'd love to have you!
You should probably know Google & FB ads, SEO, sem, social media advertising & analytics, crm, email strategy & execution, marketing automation tools, customer segmentation, and other stuff that we don't even know we should list here.*️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️*️️️️️️️️️️️
2) Branding, brand building experience - helping us figure out a marketing plan that befits our brand positioning. And also if you have experience in building a wholesale or B2B business line
3) We would love help from photographers & videographers for some content creation and blogging needs!
(we need help with product photography & our video footage - edit them to a professional quality) - folks who are adept with Photoshop & other photo/ video editing softwares. OR if you are a model, we’d love your help too as we need models for product lifestyle shots.
4) Those with PR, Fashion & Retail Visual Merchandising skills : people with great flat lay, retail display experience
Or anyone who has a passion for socio-entrepreneurship, sustainable development, circular economy, sustainability, businesses with purpose.
We are looking for mature, independent workawayers who are interested in affecting society positively.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Malay: Fluent
Tamil: Fluent
Chinese (Mandarin): FluentThis host offers a language exchange
We would love to learn more Japanese and French.
Accommodation
We have simple accommodations at our centre, bunk beds, shared toilets, with simple cooking facilities and access to filtered water - they are still works in progress which are not yet ready for hosting.
What else ...
We are based right in the centre of town, next to Central Market. A great place to be based in and explore the city.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have wifi here
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
Max 5 days a week, 3 hours a day - no meals
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She is someone you can rely on to work independently and professional to represent the organisation. She is easy-going, personable and hard-working!
A calm, peaceful person, he was a pleasure to have meaningful conversations with.
