Shelter, Education & Entrepreneurship
Common Cents is a social enterprise turning everyday purchases, skills and partnerships into roofs, scholarships and opportunity for communities in Myanmar.
Our mission
Building (back) Myanmar’s middle class
Years of conflict, disaster and a falling currency have pushed many families in Myanmar from getting by to barely holding on. We believe the way forward is to lift up those at the bottom and help people help themselves up, one home, one student and one business at a time.
Every roof, scholarship and first business is a step toward a stronger middle class, and toward a generation with the confidence to build their country for the long term, with the watching world beside them.
Read our story- 1A safe place to start fromRoofs and clean water, so families can stop surviving each monsoon and start planning ahead.
- 2Skills to growScholarships and learning tools that keep young people in school and connected to opportunity.
- 3An enterprise to stand onFunding and mentors for young founders, whose businesses create jobs and pay it forward.
What we do
Three efforts, one ladder up
Proceeds from our shop, workshops and partnerships go to three efforts in Myanmar. Pick the one that moves you.
Shelter for Hope
Safe roofs and clean rainwater for vulnerable families in Hlaing Thar Yar, Yangon, before the 2027 monsoon.
Scholarships & learning centres
University fees for students in financial need, and laptops, backup power and learning tools for community schools in Kachin and Shan State.
Seed
Funding and mentors for young entrepreneurs under 30 in Myanmar, so a good idea can become a business that creates jobs.
Project Shelter for Hope
Fixing 300 roofs before 2027’s monsoon, each with a rainwater harvesting system where it is needed. 243 roofs and all 100 water systems are funded so far. Every purchase and workshop seat supports repairing leaking roofs and bringing clean water to vulnerable families in Hlaing Thar Yar, Yangon.
Amount raised to date: $102,600
Get involved
How you can help
Wherever you are, there is a way to be part of it.
Prefer to give directly? PayNow to UEN 201618485HCCW (Common Cents Pte Ltd) and message us on WhatsApp to join our supporters’ updates. Common Cents is not a registered charity.
Field updates and family stories from Shelter for Hope, sent from Jeshua’s Substack.
Crafts for Change
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![6-Myanmar Snacks Kit [Repairs 1 Roof]](https://commoncents.work/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/4f49ae23-4275-406c-9aeb-32da6bf59c70-300x300.jpeg)
6-Myanmar Snacks Kit [Repairs 1 Roof]
S$300.00 -
![A3 Canvas Print [Repairs 1 Roof & Build 1 Clean Water System]](https://commoncents.work/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/canvas-print-300x300.jpg)
A3 Canvas Print [Repairs 1 Roof & Build 1 Clean Water System]
S$600.00 -
Assorted Myanmar T-shirts
S$35.00 -
Batik SIA Umbrella
S$50.00 -
Batik Wood Coaster 4-Set
S$50.00
Doing what we can
Common Cents is a social enterprise addressing real-world challenges in Myanmar with creativity and compassion: shelter, education and entrepreneurship.
Empower Change Today
Every purchase, pledge, hour of mentoring and visit helps. Tell us how you would like to be part of it.