FROM selling jungle products at roadside stalls and five-foot ways, a group of B40 women has adapted to using digital technology to alleviate poverty. When the opportunity to learn about e-commerce and handicraft-making arose, some 30 of these enterprising ladies from Kampung Sijiram in Kota Samarahan did not think twice to sign up. Among them were single mothers and housewives from hardcore poor households, who took part in an upskilling project organised by non-governmental organisation Sarawa

FROM selling jungle products at roadside stalls and five-foot ways, a group of B40 women has adapted to using digital technology to alleviate poverty. When the opportunity to learn about e-commerce and handicraft-making arose, some 30 of these enterprising ladies from Kampung Sijiram in Kota Samarahan did not think twice to sign up. Among them were single mothers and housewives from hardcore poor households, who took part in an upskilling project organised by non-governmental organisation Sarawa