07 September 2016

Sophia's New Travel Buddy

One of my longtime readers *hi, Joy!* recommended this humble space to Anneleen Van Dyck.  I'm so glad she did, to be honest. Leen, as she introduced herself in the email she sent me, told me about this social enterprise that she manages, which helps a group of women from the Visayan Forum Community of Pandacan. It's called Mayown. She teaches them how to make handmade crocheted items. She said, through it, the women can prevent themselves or their kids from going into human trafficking and slavery, as that is still a big problem in these communities. And I - I fully support it! All for girl power and enterprising for a good cause, of course.


Also, this rainbow unicorn is the most adorbs, right? It's well-designed and seamlessly crafted to perfection. The combination of colors is on point, too. Sophia lovingly named it Rainbow Blossom. She brought it once to school on a weekend when we attended a parenting talk about raising kids in the digital age. Felt like it's a bit appropriate. You see, she now plays with real toys instead of my or R's phone. It's been 5 months since we cut her off from using our phones. We don't have local or cable television as well. We only use our TV for movies. Will share more about that on a separate post.


So my dear readers, if you are shopping early for your kids, godchildren, nephews and nieces for Christmas, I hope you'll include Mayown in your list! You just won't give the them real cute presents but you can also help the women of the Visayan forum foundation live a noble life.


You can see the rest of their items on their Facebook page, click here. Or visit their website - https://mayown.myshopify.com/.

Sophia received a toy from Mayown but all thoughts and opinions are my own.

1 comment:

  1. I checked out their Facebook page and website, medyo pricey, so need ko pa mag ipon para pambili hehe pero maganda naman talaga yung items nila, the price is right din naman para sa binebenta nila, at yung advocacy nila is perfect.

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