KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (Bernama) -- THE Social Market was abuzz with activity, and many of which were busy enjoying the scrumptious food, or looking for gifts for their loved ones. It was indeed a success, as Selangor Dredging Berhad hosted an event to collaborate with social enterprises at the inaugural The Social Market.

Held last Friday, The Social Market was open from 11am to 3pm at the Courtyard of Wisma Selangor Dredging. There were 10 vendors operating different stalls supporting the less privileged communities in Malaysia. Working with women from low-income groups, Batik Boutique creates artisanal gifts and fashion accessories made from hand-woven batik. Greenyards meanwhile, provides alternative channels for the local community to dispose their used cooking oil and subsequently reprocesses the oil into eco-friendly soaps, washing powder and aromatic candles.

The Good Shop collaborates with different social and cultural enterprises, and brings together a large and varied collection of products. Besides their best-selling durian jam, one can also look out for their lovely plush toys and children’s storybooks – all created by the marginalized communities. Serving delicious smoothies, One-Two-Juice is a green smoothies bar pioneered by Selangor Dredging Berhad’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme.

Delicious local bites like vegetarian dumplings and crème puffs could be purchased from Coffee Sprex, who works with employees from the hearing and speech impaired communities.

Amongst the many vendors were also Jabatan Kemajuan Orang Asli (JAKOA) which sold crafts handmade by the indigenous Orang Asli communities. The best seller had to be The Nasi Lemak Project which cultivates poor families to be small Nasi Lemak and food enterprise sellers -through a micro-franchise model. 

“It is great to be able to see different social enterprises come together for a good cause. Selangor Dredging Berhad is committed to supporting Social Enterprises as we believe in promoting both social and environmental causes to the larger community. I am delighted that that we successfully collaborated in this event and look forward to possible collaborations in the future. said Ms. Teh Lip Kim, Managing Director of Selangor Dredging Berhad.

SOURCE : Selangor Dredging Berhad

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