KSJ Designs at Unexpected Gallery

Empowering Through Design – Local and Global

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Donations are always welcome!

Kathrine (Katrina) Selmer Johansen, artist, designer and founder of KSJ Designs, is also the visionary behind the Village People’s Movement — a grassroots initiative born from her deep commitment to social justice, creativity, and sustainable enterprise.

Since 1993, Katrina has worked with marginalised communities across Thailand, Cambodia, and Indonesia, teaching design, sewing, and artisan skills to village women, people with disabilities, and children. Her goal has always been simple but powerful:
To empower, not to donate.
To create opportunity, not dependency.

Katrina also consulted as a psychologist to orphanages, hospitals and NGO’s.

KSJ Designs - Australiana Range

The Village People’s Movement

Katrina’s projects have involved:

  • NCDPNational Centre for Disabled Persons

  • KRAVAN – A private business employing disabled women in a cottage industry

  • Two rural villages supporting single mothers and their children (one in the Cambodian provinces, one on an island)

  • A special collaboration with Sunrise Cambodia, teaching girls to design and handcraft beaded cuffs

Click here to sponsor a child or make a donation:

https://www.sunrisecambodia.org.au/