GUMI BAMBOO is an impact-driven social business based in Lombok, Indonesia that was first initiated to empower local women who previously worked as stone miners by providing a better and safer livelihood alternative as artisans producing eco-friendly daily products such as bamboo straws, bamboo cutlery and other eco products based on each village’s potentials and market needs. Beside empowering local women to be economically independent and having a key role in their community, GUMI BAMBOO want to encourage the reduction of single-use plastic to F&B industries, not only by providing good quality and consistent supply of eco-products but also conduct campaign #bebassedotanplastik, where local small F&B industry such as Waroongs, Cafeterias, Canteens and Cafes start reducing single-use plastic in their business from a simple thing as straw. In 2019, through employment as artisans, value-adding of their products, capacity & leadership skill development, quality control and channeling the sales of their products, GUMI BAMBOO has worked with over 40 women artisans developing 20 eco-products that are mainly made from bamboo. In 2020, we try to reach more women artisans to work with, to increase their prosperity and our production capacity. We also plan to strengthen our website in order to facilitate more our B2B customers having accessible eco-products and produce more new products by having more core teams with good backgrounds recruited. Thus, we think we need to participate YCSE Academy 2.0 #BeSociopreneur to increase our core team professional capacity related to social entrepreneurship, technology and network. So we need your support by voting for our initiative! Supporting us means you take part in women empowerment effort in Lombok as well as promoting sustainable consumption and production to more local F&B industries.