Ms Le Thant Thuy and Dr Mike Thair of Indochine Natural
I was excited to finally meet with fair trade ethical, organic pioneer and research scientist Dr Mike Thair and Marketing Head Ms Le Thant Thuy at their head office Penang, Malaysia during October 2016.
Ms Le Thant Thuy, me and Dr Mike Thair
Indochine Natural No Fragrance and Honey Soaps for sensitive skin like mine.
Dish wash paste made from recycled cooking oil collected from Halal restaurants in Penang.
Dish wash paste produced by recycled cooking oil from Halal restaurants in Penang
Lovely Indochine Natural organic fairtrade soaps
Dr Thair and Ms Le arranged for me to visit the Asia Community Centre and Stepping Stone Penang.
I hope to upload Dr Thair's interview once I've had my surgery.
The Stepping Stone Centre Penang Malaysia
Many thanks to Hasra Othman (Manager), Shogu artist in residence from Osaka Japan and the other volunteers who took valuable time out of their schedules to show us the centre and its facilities.
Hasra Othman and me!
Shogu artist in residence from Osaka Japan
Most of all I would like to thank all the wonderful members for welcoming us and making us feel apart of their family.
The amazingly talented artists at the Stepping Stone Centre
I feel overwhelmed with emotion and love after meeting all the talented members.
Further Reading and Links
As a passionate fairtrade campaigner and advocate I felt compelled to join the Fairtrade Fortnight 2024 webinar.
2024 will be 30 years of Fair trade in the United Kingdom.
This webinar was organised by the Fairtrade Foundation UK team.
I have attached photographs of the webinar below for those interested.
All credit and source courtesy of the Fairtrade Foundation team UK.
This October I continued to heal from my shoulder surgeries.
My right shoulder was very painful and inflamed again and I have struggled to type this blog.
I attended the volunteers webinars for Islamophobia Awareness Month 2023 and the 30 years of Fairtrade in the UK.
I joined the October 2023 Power Inclusive Excellence Committee and Training Tuesday: Climate Change: Taking Action to Support Women and Girls with World Pulse.
During August 2023 I attended a 2 day online webinar titled, 'Journey towards Meaningful Connectivity Exploring Value' with the Institute of Social Entrepreneurs Asia, (ISEA).
I have tried to translate these webinars in Urdu.
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