Helping Disabled People Become Self-Reliant through Batik

KOMPAS/P RADITYA MAHENDRA YASA

Lisa Farida (right)

Her desire to make batik and help the deaf has driven Lisa Farida, 40, to change the course of her life. She decided to resign from her formal job at a multinational company and opened a batik-producing business by employing deaf people.

The turning point took place in 2007. Previously, she ran made batik as a side business. A year later, she made the business her main focus.