Pioneering Individuals: Rolex Award Winners 2004: Reconnecting the Threads Part 2 of 3

Moved by the failure of the Cambodia's countryside to recover from decades of war, silk expert Kikuo Morimoto left his job in Thailand in the 1990s to set up silk-fabrication workshops in the hinterlands of Cambodia. His goal was to help impoverished villagers resurrect traditional silk production. His vision has grown, and he is now replanting trees needed to produce silk, reviving traditional weaving and providing profitable work for hundreds of people making heritage-class textiles. The next step is the establishment of a "silk village" as a model to help revitalise Cambodia.

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