Ma Te Sai
Ma Té Sai is a social enterprise on a mission to support communities in Laos, through partnerships with artisans – preserving cultural traditions by sharing with the world the beauty of their handcrafted products.
Ma Té Sai was founded in Luang Prabang in 2010 with the knowledge of how income from craft production can improve rural families’ education and health. And along side the desire to distribute the tourist dollar further out to these ethnically diverse and culturally rich communities.
Over a decade we have trained women to sew, and supported them with equipment in their homes. By connecting weavers, and sewers we can create unique and desirable homeware, fashion and gifts for the international market. We believe with modern communication village production is the way forward.
- Lao PDR
Ma Te Sai, in conjunction with artisans from 8 provinces in Laos, and batik produces in Prae, Thailand, and Pekalongan, Indonesia co-creates fashion, accessories, homewares and gifts. We also support makers in 2 organisations for women at risk, The Lao Women with Disabilities Association and Sengsavang (abuse and trafficking). Our products are sold via retail stores in Luang Prabang and Singapore, as well as consignment in hotels and venues in Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Our products are made with artisanal skills we are interested in preserving, such as natural dyes, hand weaving, batik stamping, alumnium casting, bamboo weaving.