Making Sustainable Covid-19 Masks From Lotus Stems

Meet Mai Somnang, one of the Cambodian lotus farmer making sustainable face masks from the flower’s stems in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

I shot this short video for Bloomberg QuickTake about SAMATOA LOTUS TEXTILES - a social enterprise based in Siem Reap renown for its manufactures of eco-friendly textiles - that started to produce face masks from lotus stems in response to the COVID19 pandemic.