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Upon winning the Promising Woman Entrepreneur Award in 2021, Anne Antah, Chanteek Borneo founder began to further her passion in preserving Sabah’s ethnic costume through creation of textile designs bearing indigenous motifs. From textile prints to ready to wear costumes, she has incorporated design motifs that represent various Sabah ethnicities. While Chanteek Borneo recognizes the growing demand for these textile designs, it also acknowledges the challenges in meeting those demand in terms of providing tailoring service.

Hence, Anne decides to engage several homemakers with sewing skills to cater to the demand for ready to wear costumes. This initiative eventually helps the homemakers to earn income and therefore improved their standard of living and livelihood. Upon realization that she could do more to help the community, the “Sabah Ethnic Motif Design IB Project” come into being. This project will set to provide a steady income to 40 homemakers from Manggatal, Tebobon and Tamparuli through tailoring jobs awarded by Chanteek Borneo.