Girls Be Change, Unit C, 4/F, 760 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong (2026)

14/09/2026

✨𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙥𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙚✨
Last Saturday, we gathered in Singapore over brunch to talk about something that matters: women in the journey of changemaking - and this time, through the lens of climate action 🌍.

Thanks to co-hosts Sandy Tiu Sandy Tiu (I am Sustainable Studio I am Sustainable Studio | Designing Circular Futures , Women In Climate) 🌱 and Jaslin Sulaiman (VivaBloomz Jaslin | Women's Wellness Facilitator) 🌸, we created a safe space where women changemakers could share their work, challenges, and what keeps them going — no polished speeches, just real conversations over good food. A circle of women changemakers, a table full of real talk, and the ripple effect of connection 💫.

We met at Café Ripples ripplescafe.sg ☕, Singapore’s first wellbeing-focused café and an extension of The School of Positive Psychology’s mission to make mental wellness a lived, everyday practice. It was the perfect calm-in-between space to pause, reflect, and connect - a fitting home for a Saturday about showing up for each other 🤍.

Our community is growing, and so is the collective impact we’re building together. Thank you all for being part of this movement 🙏.

Special shoutout to WESHARE WESHARE for leading us to discover this wonderful venue partner! 🎉

13/09/2026

✨ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑰’𝒎 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 ✨

Change doesn’t always mean pushing harder or achieving more. Sometimes, it means slowing down, letting go, and becoming more fully yourself.

In the coming Women Changemakers Gathering in Malta, we are thrilled to feature a special workshop, The Woman I am Becoming, led by Janina Voss (cofounder of People and Friends), guiding us through a reflective journey of where we are right now, what we’re carrying, and what we want to grow into.

Co-hosted by:
🌿 Carmen Chan Carmen Chan 陳嘉文 | Girls Be Change
🌿 Petra Tamas Petra Tamas | Wellnest
🌿 Janina Voss | People and Friends

𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑮𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒂
🗓 Oct 10 (Sat) 5 - 7PM
📍 Wellnest Wellnest, Birkirkara, Malta
Link in bio or bit.ly/malta1010 to reserve your spot! 🤍

Janina Voss | People & Friends
Janina Voss lived, worked and studied in 7 different countries. She obtained her Master of Science in European Business at ESCP Europe Business School which then enabled her to become a serial entrepreneur, social start-up business consultant and certified workshop trainer. Janina has over 10 years of experience teaching practically oriented social entrepreneurship workshops to university students from around the world.

As Co-CEO and Co-Founder of People & Friends, she also develops and facilitates customized short-term experiential learning study tours for university students who want to travel to Western Europe or Asia. She and her company are strong supporters of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strive to integrate these as core themes in their study tours. Through these study tours, she and her company create more awareness about inspiring social start-ups that get to present their SDG supporting organizations to students. Moreover, she and her team equip students with a social entrepreneurship skillset and enables them to become social impact creators of the future.

Petra Tamas | Wellnest
Petra is the founder of Wellnest Studio, a devoted mother of two daughters, passionately dedicated to supporting women through every stage of their journey.

11/09/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 — 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Over the next few slides, we’re pulling back the curtain on the “why” behind Chai Lai Orchid, our partners, and the moments that make this week different. Swipe through. 🌿

𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅
📅 Dec 15–20, 2026
📍 Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand
🎫 USD 2,200/person, or USD 2,000/person with our Package for Two
💌 DM us to book a free discovery call and promo code

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚: 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒊 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒅 Home for the week is an eco-lodge of bamboo bungalows, built sustainably by local hands. Chai Lai Orchid is a social business that rescues elephants and uplifts local communities — supporting over 60% of local villages’ livelihoods. Staying here is part of the impact, not separate from it. 💜

𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑾𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉: 𝑫𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 Meet Sandar Win Sandar Win — our cohost, and Program Director of Daughters Rising DaughtersRising . Her own path took her from Yangon to a border refugee camp to a university degree, and what she witnessed along the way only deepened her resolve to help young women build better lives through education. 100% of Chai Lai Orchid’s profit funds the Girls’ Scholarship Program she helps lead. 💪

𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 Over the past decade, Chai Lai Orchid has rescued 20+ elephants from the entertainment and logging industries — giving them, and their babies, a permanent, safe home. No elephant riding here. We walk alongside them in the mountains, and swim in the same river they bathe in every afternoon. 🐘

𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 The Karen people are one of the mountain’s local communities — the largest hill tribe in Thailand, with roots stretching back generations in the hills along the Myanmar border. They’re known for their vibrant handwoven textiles, deep agricultural traditions, and the don, a traditional dance performed to live Karen m

11/09/2026

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 — 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Over the next few slides, we’re pulling back the curtain on the “why” behind Chai Lai Orchid, our partners, and the moments that make this week different. Swipe through. 🌿

𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅
📅 Dec 15–20, 2026
📍 Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai , Chiang Mai, Thailand
🎫 USD 2,200/person, or USD 2,000/person with our Package for Two
💌 DM us to book a free discovery call and promo code

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑾𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚: 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒊 𝑳𝒂𝒊 𝑶𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒅 Home for the week is an eco-lodge of bamboo bungalows, built sustainably by local hands. Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai is a social business that rescues elephants and uplifts local communities — supporting over 60% of local villages’ livelihoods. Staying here is part of the impact, not separate from it.

𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑾𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉: 𝑫𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 Meet Sandar Win Sandar Win — our cohost, and Program Director of Daughters Rising DaughtersRising . Her own path took her from Yangon to a border refugee camp to a university degree, and what she witnessed along the way only deepened her resolve to help young women build better lives through education. 100% of Chai Lai Orchid’s profit funds the Girls’ Scholarship Program she helps lead.

𝑬𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒆𝒅 𝑬𝒍𝒆𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 Over the past decade, Chai Lai Orchid has rescued 20+ elephants from the entertainment and logging industries — giving them, and their babies, a permanent, safe home. No elephant riding here. We walk alongside them in the mountains, and swim in the same river they bathe in every afternoon. 🐘

𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 The Karen people are one of the mountain’s local communities — the largest hill tribe in Thailand, with roots stretching back generations in the hills along the Myanmar border. They’re known for their vibrant handwoven textiles, deep agricultural traditions, and the don, a traditional dance performed to l

08/09/2026

🐘✨ Six days. One mountain sanctuary. A community of women changemakers.

This December, Girls Be Change is heading to Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai — a mountain eco-resort in the hills of Chiang Mai, Thailand — for a Women’s Healing & Changemaking Retreat unlike anything else. ⛰️🧘‍♀️

We’re co-hosting alongside DaughtersRising , an NGO empowering at-risk girls and women against trafficking and exploitation, and McKendra Energies , bringing energy healing and self-care to the week.

👉Slide to learn more about each day’s itinerary

Day 1 (12/15) — Arrive & Belong
 The moment you step into Chai Lai Orchid, something shifts. 🌿 Meet your cohosts, settle into your bamboo bungalow, and let the rescued elephants welcome you in for Elephant Hour. This is where the reset begins.

Day 2 (12/16) — One with Nature
 Trek beside rescued elephants through the jungle with local guides who know these mountains best. 🐘 Then ground yourself with morning and evening wellness — yoga, breathwork, energy healing — because reconnecting with nature starts with reconnecting with yourself.

Day 3 (12/17) — Find Your Voice
 Today, you lead. In our Impact Capacity Building workshop, we’ll exchange stories and empower each other with tools in personal development. Then we cook alongside the Karen community — because the best conversations happen over a shared meal. 🍲

Day 4 (12/18) — Give & Receive
 Spend the morning teaching local girls at Kids House — a reminder that empowerment moves in both directions. Then let the river carry you on a bamboo rafting adventure down the mountain. 🚣‍♀️

Day 5 (12/19) — Sacred & Still
 A secret temple. A hidden waterfall. Traditional bamboo cooking with the Karen community. Discover the secret and sacred places in the mountains — and in yourself. ✨

Day 6 (12/20) — Carry It Home
 One last reflective wellness hour. A group photoshoot with the elephants who welcomed you in. And a sisterhood you‘re taking home with you — this isn’t goodbye, it‘s see you soon. 💛

🧘‍♀️𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 🐘
🗓️ Dec 15-20, 2026
📍 Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai, Thailand
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30/08/2026

🙋‍♀️𝓦𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓷 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓖𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓑𝓪𝓵𝓲 (𝓙𝓲𝓶𝓫𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓷)🌸

“Womentrepreneur” can sound like a buzzword — glossy panels, glamorous branding. This gathering goes underneath that, into the real deal: the struggles, the vulnerabilities, and the moments that made it worth it. This time, our theme is 𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 — let’s exchange our stories of bravery. 🤍

Meet our cohosts: Alvita , who built Nasi Goreng Bahagia Jimbaran from the ground up with her mom and brother — an unlikely trio turning family, resilience, and good food into a business. And Sukma , founder of Bali Prime and Mutiara Chic , who built both while raising three kids and juggling up to four jobs at once — proof that reinvention is powerful, even against the odds.

Join us for an intimate sharing table at Alvita’s home in Jimbaran, home of Nasi Goreng Bahagia — built around good food and honest conversation. 🥘

📅 Saturday, October 3, 2026 | 4–6 PM
📍 Jimbaran, Bali (address shared upon registration)
✨ Open to women and non-binary changemakers (and aspiring ones)
👉 Register now — link in bio or bit.ly/woman1003

06/07/2026

We’re coming back to Malta! ✨🇲🇹

Join us for our second Women Changemakers Gathering here, co-hosted with Petra Tamas Petra Tamas , Founder of Wellnest , and Claudia Calleja, Journalist of — an intimate afternoon for women changemakers and aspiring changemakers to slow down, connect, and be heard. 🌿

This time, we’re bringing in a creative writing workshop 📝 “Writing Below the Surface: An Excavation of Fear, Courage and the Stories We Carry,” guided by Claudia. A space to sit quietly, without the noise of our usual thoughts, and transform what surfaces into words — because clarity on our own stories is often where the real connection with others begins. 💭

Women Changemakers Gathering in Malta
🗓️ July 25 2026 (Sat)
⏰ 3–5pm
📍 Wellnest, Birkirkara, Malta
🧞‍♀️ Petra Tamas Woman Unclouded
🔗 RSVP: link in bio or bit.ly/women0725

🙋‍♀️ Limited to 15 spots — this is not a panel, just women showing up for each other.

23/06/2026

🧘‍♀️𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 & 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 🐘
🗓️ Dec 15-20, 2026
📍 Chai Lai Orchid Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai | Chiang Mai, Thailand
🐦‍⬛ Super Early Bird: USD 2,000/person — register by Jun 30, 2026

What’s Included:
🧡 Women-focused retreat cohosted by women social entrepreneurs and leaders
🧡 6 day 5 night sustainable bamboo bungalow accommodation at Chai Lai Orchid -Chiang Mai
🧡 Self-care with daily wellness, yoga, meditation & energy healing by McKendra Energies
🧡 Ethical encounters with rescued elephants
🧡 Outdoor activities in nature including trekking and bamboo rafting
🧡 Meeting indigenous Karen community and changemakers
🧡 Delicious Thai food and cooking class
🧡 Proceeds directly fund the Girls Scholarship Program of DaughtersRising

💬 Book a free discovery call with retreat host, Carmen or reserve your spot — link in bio (only 9 spots left!) or DM Carmen Chan 陳嘉文 for more details.

18/06/2026

🌊 Malta, this was just the beginning.

Last Saturday, we gathered at Wellnest for Girls Be Change’s first-ever Malta gathering — Gathering #28 in our global journey. 🇲🇹

We sat in a trust circle and shared our stories of change. Then, in a more intimate one-on-one setting, we went deeper — sharing our stories of failing forward. The moments that didn’t go as planned, and what they taught us anyway. 🌱

Women came in with intention — to connect, to be inspired, to stay curious. 💫 And many left having taken the time to truly listen to themselves, having found the women’s group they were searching for, and feeling reassured of the power that already lives within them. 🤍

This is exactly why we do this. Not panels. Not presentations. Just women showing up as they are, and leaving a little more connected to themselves and each other. ✨

🙏 Thank you to Petra Petra Tamas of Wellnest for hosting us so beautifully on the day, and to Janina of People & Friends for all the planning and connecting ahead of the event — and to every woman who showed up with an open heart.

Malta, we’ll be back. 🤍

01/06/2026

One place in Bali I keep finding myself drawn back to: Mana 🌿🛖🌴

To be more accurate — it’s less about the place itself (though the space is beautifully intentional and sustainably designed) and more about the people. The community. That’s where the real magic lives. ✨

I first visited in March 2025 to meet local changemakers, and something about it just kept pulling me back. In February 2026, hosted a Women Changemakers Gathering and our first Impact Coworking session, with of and . The energy in that garden — the collaboration, the synergy — was unlike anything I’d experienced. After that, Mana quietly became our unofficial impact cowork hub every Wednesday. 👩‍💻

Just before I left Bali, I joined their Heroes Night and got to reunite with Trang .nguyen90 — one of Earth Company’s Impact Heroes and founder/conservationist of WildAct. That’s Mana in a nutshell: a place where the unsung (and sung) heroes find each other. 🦸‍♀️🦸🦸‍♂️

While I’m not back in Bali just yet, I want to pass the invitation to you 🤍

Women Changemakers Gathering is returning — co-hosted by and of .en — with a book exchange, creative writing workshop, and an incredible gathering of women and non-binary changemakers.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
🕐 12nn – 3pm
📍 Mana Earthly Paradise, Ubud, Bali
🔗 Sign up at link in bio or bit.ly/bali0613

Come as you are. Leave changed. 🫶

- Carmen

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