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UNBELIEVABLE: Empowering msmes to embrace circular economy | History Defined

Local villagers make handicrafts to sell at Wanita, a community business which aims to empower women, especially housewives and widows in Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat.

Mark Sultan Gersava was a peace development worker from Mindanao, the Philippines, who decided to act on what he saw as a critical challenge: transforming his ordinary products to become environmentally friendly to help mitigate the effect of climate change while empowering his local community with sustainable and long-term livelihoods.

His enterprise, Bambuhay, produces bamboo straws and toothbrushes to replace plastic-based products.

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