I spent a few weeks with my family in Singapore in April. I have offered to design a label for LuSan for the business she plans to start in Myanmar. You can read about it in yesterday's blog post. LuSan is my granddaughter's nanny but she will be going back to Mayanmar next month when the family leaves to go home to Sweden. Here is the background to the concept: Myanmar people (previously Burmese) use peanut oil for cooking, which is made locally, but they also import cheap vegetable oil … [Read more...]

LuSan is the young woman who is Nomi's nanny in Singapore. Nomi is my four-year old granddaughter. I first met her three years ago and on the first visit when she told me that she is qualified as a midwife from Myanmar, but wanted to work in Singapore to help her family financially. Migrant workers from other countries are only allowed to work in Singapore in certain areas of work such as domestic work. They are not permitted to remain in Singapore, marry or have children there. While I was … [Read more...]