Here is a recap of the trip we made to Longsheng to visit the Red Yao in December 2022.
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Last week Viori's CSR team sat down with Xiao Pan, who is a newly appointed teacher at the local kindergarten in Longsheng. Just before the summer, Viori heard about the local school being in need of an additional teacher, but lacked the funding to pay for the salary. The existing current teacher, Mr Yu, taught all the kids by himself and was heavily overstretched. Viori reached out to the local education department saying it was willing to sponsor the salary of any teacher who could help Teacher Yu out. Coming from Longsheng, Xiao Pan happily applied for the position, and...
This post is part 1 of a 2 part series where we shine the spotlight on some of the Red Yao women of Longsheng. Each of the women you'll meet here plays an important role in our Beautiful Reason Initiatives (BRI) and inspires us with their natural beauty and lovely personalities! As part of Viori's Social Responsibility team, we meet with these ladies monthly, and all of us have become more like family than business associates. We sit down together, drink tea, and have thoughtful chats about life— and of course, we discuss our shared vision, progress, and plans for BRI projects. ...
See how the second BRI project will celebrate Red Yao embroidery -- an ancient and important part of Red Yao culture. Last updated: January, 2022
Public Health Program for the villagers of Longsheng -------One of Viori's key Social Responsibility Pillars in Longsheng is supporting the Red Yao in its 'Community Well-being'. Although this is a very broad term, the villagers seem quite clear in what their priorities are in this category: physical and mental health. This week Viori hosted its first program related to this category. We invited a non-profit 'One-village' to team up with our CSR team to conduct the first 'Public Health' program in Longsheng. One-village is a non-profit which partners with companies and schools to provide service based programs in rural areas...
The first year of our All-Natural Longsheng Rice project is complete! Here's a recap of how it worked and what we were able to achieve this year.