Bunrany Hun Sen Development Center

Bunrany Hun Sen Development Center (BRHS) is an established social enterprise in Pursat that trains rural women and produces traditional handicrafts. The organisation is starting a new chapter to become more commercial and sustainable.

BRHS was established in Pursat in 1996 to provide vocational training in traditional handicraft skills to help alleviate poverty and empower women in Pursat and surrounding rural areas. It now employs more than 20 women in sewing, fabric, and mat weaving in a production facility. These handicrafts are sold in a sales center in Pursat and online. Some information about the Centre’s products is available on its Facebook page.

The Centre is partly self-sufficient but receives financial support from Quaker Service Australia with funding from the Australian Government through the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP).

The Center is starting a new phase to become more commercial, sustainable and self-sufficient. A new business entity has been established, the Enterprise Project. It will operate as a separate production and sales operation within the Center, focusing on increasing targeted product sales in new markets to achieve future self-sufficiency for the Center. This will involve identifying target products, developing new markets, and upgrading internal systems, including production, distribution, finance, and IT. It will also include recruiting and training new staff.

The Center has unique skills in producing high quality collared men’s shirts with designs made from traditional kroma. Therefore, the Enterprise Project will initially focus on weaving kroma and producing and selling men’s overshirts made from handmade kroma. 

These shirts will be sold as premium products for events (Khmer New Year, water festival, weddings, corporate events), and as corporate and personal gifts. It is expected that all products will be sold online.