Happily Made https://happilymade.com.au Social enterprise assisting marginalised women Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:11:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.9 https://happilymade.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-happilym-1-32x32.png Happily Made https://happilymade.com.au 32 32 But what do the monkeys DO? https://happilymade.com.au/but-what-do-the-monkeys-do/ Mon, 03 Sep 2018 04:19:08 +0000 https://happilymade.com.au/?p=1006 I get asked this every so often when I have a market stall. Usually by someone who has their arms across their chest and who has been staring at the monkeys for a couple of minutes. I’m not sure if they are disappointed that the monkeys didn’t come to life, or start a little dance

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]]> Why I started a social enterprise for mothers in Cambodia https://happilymade.com.au/why-i-started-a-social-enterprise-for-mothers-in-cambodia/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 08:54:33 +0000 https://happilymade.com.au/?p=968 The other day a Facebook memory from 9 years ago popped up on my computer screen. “Veronica isn’t coping with the poverty.” Just one short status I wrote very soon after arriving in Cambodia. Then yesterday another Facebook memory popped up, this time from 8 years ago. It’s a photo of me digging through a

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]]> Ethical is a funny word https://happilymade.com.au/ethical-is-a-funny-word/ Fri, 24 Aug 2018 02:24:53 +0000 https://happilymade.com.au/?p=660 Yesterday I popped in to visit a mechanic who helped me with my ute earlier in the year. As soon as he's heard about the social enterprise I have, he immediately ordered monkeys to hand out as THANK YOU gifts to his customers. So I was back again to deliver some more monkeys and very much in that head space of just ticking off errands. 

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]]> Christmas Monkeys https://happilymade.com.au/christmas-monkeys/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:14:29 +0000 http://happilymade.com.au/?p=553 Some of you might remember that last year I started a campaign called #5b4christmas. Like most of the things that I do it was a spontaneous attempt at making a difference in the ethical production world. This is how the Christmas Monkeys came about. I come across so many small social enterprises that have beautifully

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]]> Ethical, sustainable and handmade products https://happilymade.com.au/ethical-sustainable-and-handmade-products/ Wed, 01 Aug 2018 07:01:11 +0000 http://happilymade.com.au/?p=535 I think I’ve figured out who is most passionate about my ethical, sustainable and handmade products, and it’s not who I expected it to be. Next week it will be 9 years ago since I moved to Cambodia with my (then) husband and four children. I look back at who I was back then and

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