Today, Camie Fleur is well-established, creating quality floral arrangements for events and weddings – the flowers look just like the real thing but will last forever.
Cyana now wants to make another kind of impact through training people living with disabilities and has been selected among just 12 women-led businesses across the country, to take part in the pilot of an Australian-first partnership between two renowned women-focused, online business platforms.
The new partnership between Global Sisters’ online marketplace and Lift Women’s crowdfunding platform, offers a completely new solution to breaking down the age-old barriers to economic participation, which sees women receive just a fifth of all start-up capital for new businesses.
With their assistance, Cyana’s project is to raise $15,000 to fund a four-session training program that teaches floral headpiece arrangement to people living with disabilities and there are already 10 participants ready to go.“My twin sister Hein was born with brain damage and didn’t go to school with me in Vietnam so we grew up very differently,” Cyana said.
“She was always happiest when we were making paper flowers with our grandfather, which also sparked my love of floristry and so this project to train those with disabilities, is very close to my heart and I can’t wait to help make a difference in the lives of the participants.”
To donate to Cyana’s Camie Fleur training project, go to liftwomen.com/explore.
Funds needed to teach floristry to disabled
CANTERBURY’S Camie Fleur is an online-based, dry and silk flower studio that came to life after founder Cyana Duong wanted to find an alternative to fresh cut flowers, in the name of environmental sustainability, two years ago.