Pann Nann Ein is a local foundation that helps people with disabilities achieve sustainable livelihoods by producing handicrafts. It guarantees fair wages and access to healthcare. Amazing Grace is a social enterprise created in 2012 to empower women with disabilities through training, flexible work, and craft production. Makhinaye started her business two years ago to support women with HIV through sewing and design work done at home. She has received training from HLA Day and been able to grow her business and support her daughter's education. Action for Public is a 2008 social business that works to improve the livelihoods of widowed women impacted by HIV. After refining products with HLA Day, their eleven workers now earn good wages in a supportive

2. P A N N N A N N E I N
PANN NANN EIN IS A LOCAL FOUNDATION THAT HELPS
PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISABILITIES TO
ACHIEVE A SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD. THE ORGANISATION
WORKS CLOSELY WITH ITS MEMBERS TO HELP THEM
PRODUCE QUALITY HANDMADE PRODUCTS THAT REFLECT
THE UNIQUENESS OF MYANMAR CULTURE.
PANN NANN EIN GUARANTEES THEIR EMPLOYEES A FAIR
PRICE
FOR WORK, HELPING THEM TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES
AND
GAIN GREATER ACCESS TO THE MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL
SUPPORT THEY REQUIRE.

3. A M A Z I N G G R A C E
FOUNDED I N 2012 BY NAW EH WAH, AMAZI NG GRACE I S A
SO CI AL ENTERPRI SE DEDI CATED TO CREATI NG O PPO RTUNI TI ES
FO R WO M EN LI VI NG WI TH DI SABI LI TI ES. AM AZI NG G RACE AI M S
TO G RO W THE CO NFI DENCE O F DI SABLED WO M EN I N M YANM AR
AND I NCREASE THE RESPECT THEY RECEI VE I N THEI R
CO M M UNI TI ES.
THE O RG ANI SATI O N O FFERS TRAI NI NG O PPO RTUNI TI ES AND
FLEXI BLE W O RKI NG ARRANG EM ENTS TO HELP W O M EN
G ENERATE A REG ULAR I NCO M E THRO UG H THE PRO DUCTI O N O F
CRAFT AND JEWELLERY. HLA DAY WO RKS WI TH AM AZI NG G RACE
TO CREATE NEW PRO DUCTS M ADE FRO M BO TH LO CALLY
SO URCED M ATERI ALS AND RECYCLED I TEM S, I NCLUDI NG CAN
TABS, G LASS BEADS, RUBBER, WO O D AND BO TTLE TO PS.

4. M A K H I N A Y E
MA KHIN AYE STARTED HER BUSINESS MORE THAN TWO
YEARS AGO, AS A SKILLED SEWER SHE WANTED TO USE
HER TALENTS TO SUPPORT WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV. MOST
OF THE WOMEN WHO WORK WITH MA KHIN AYE SEW FROM
THEIR HOME ENABLING THEM TO LOOK AFTER THEIR
CHILDREN AND JUGGLE OTHER HOUSEHOLD CHORES.
MA KHIN AYE HAS A FANTASTIC EYE FOR DETAIL AND
DESIGN WHICH SHE USES TO BUILD CAPACITY IN THE
WOMEN SHE WORKS WITH.
SHE HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH, AND RECEIVING
TRAINING FROM HLA DAY SINCE 2016. HER SUCCESS HAS
ENABLED HER BUSINESS TO GROW AND ALLOWED HER TO
SUPPORT HER DAUGHTER THROUGH UNIVERSITY.

5. A C T I O N F O R P U B L I C
FOUNDED IN 2008, ACTION FOR PUBLIC (AFP) IS A SOCIAL
BUSINESS WORKING TO IMPROVE THE LIVELIHOOD OF
WIDOWED WOMEN IMPACTED BY HIV.
AFTER WORKING WITH HLA DAY TO REFINE THEIR
PRODUCTS THEY ARE NOW A SUCCESSFUL GROUP OF
ELEVEN WOMEN EARNING A GOOD WAGE IN A SUPPORTIVE
WORKING ENVIRONMENT WITH GREATER ACCESS TO
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES AND
THEIR FAMILIES.

6. “I am now earning enough
income for my whole family.
My sister and her family
with 3 children even rely on
me in our household.”
Action for Public