社会企业家和领导以身作则在危地马拉,第一部分

本周早些时候我有好运再次会见格雷格·范·柯克Ashoak Lemolson的家伙,居住在哥伦比亚大学和社会企业家。格雷格是一个开放、参与和社会企业家技能已经证明与激情、智慧和正直——社区可以更强。

讨论了丰富的信息,因此,在未来一周左右这blogspace将包含摘录对话。进一步的信息对格雷格的工作也可以发现http://www.newdevelopmentsolutions.com/,或者看视频。一些简短的背景:格雷格运行各种各样的程序——包括社会企业家队,(SEC)。这个程序提供了发展项目在厄瓜多尔,危地马拉,尼加拉瓜。与当地机构合作,感兴趣的当地企业家和输入从七十五年来自美国的大学生和刚毕业的实习生——格雷格支持各种项目的发展,这三个国家的当地村民受益。你能描述一下你的程序吗?我们看着存在的各种项目等学术项目,关注学习者的学习需求,甚至志愿者项目往往更救援重点和意识到,不适合我们的视野。我们不认为我们的项目作为一个志愿者项目,我们是一个开发组织,常年关注发展当地人民。我们能够创建一个结构,人们可以在短期内的基础上——聚焦学徒或实习生分享他们的技能的方式增加了当地社区的能力;188bet网址怎么打不开总是关注受益人和工作流程。目前80%的永久的劳动力是社会企业家队的前实习生。Centro Exlprativo我知道你开始,你能告诉我更多关于和如何进化和受益的交会的“孵化器”工作? Centro Explorativo, in Nebaj is an education centre that started as a literacy program, but now has over 2000 books, free computer classes, after school classes on math and literacy, along with sports programs – all these services are free up and running since 2003. The program now boasts three teachers, and is owned and administered by a local organization of Guatemalan’s and has had thousands of participants. I know that a logical spin-off was combining the computer skills with supporting the needs of tourists via an internet café? That’s right, from education there has also been a focus on tourism- a site that started as a restaurant, has evolved and created spin- offs such as a guiding business, a coffee shop, a hostel, internet centre, language school – that have now be owned by local folks since 2004. SEC provided $25,000 of program support resulting in total revenues of $750,000. These are concrete examples of creating a tangible presence in the community, but these locations are backed up the creation of skills that are portable. SEC is a driver of the micro-consignment model . The purpose of which is to create access to products and services that ordinarily would not exist or are donated. We stared with the distribution of wood burning stoves, and now distribute eye glasses, energy efficient bulbs, lamps, and now water treatment programs. These are just the products but SEC has trained and supported – over 200 women entrepreneurs and also work with broker community organizations like libraries, who can in turn provide training. We help create village campaigns, where we assist entrepreneurs do the marketing, advertising etc to a village, building anticipation and then they show up with their goods – so far we have executed over 2000 of these campaigns, sold over 60,000 products. Earned net income in aggregate around $75,000. Now, a social enterprise has been created to allow this activity to continue and to be sustained– it is share based company model owned by Guatemalan men and women, homemakers with no experience, now own a company that generates $80,000 annually in revenue. We estimate that the economic productivity benefit from this i.e. health issues with a stove, savings from not having to buy water or consume contaminated water, increased productivity due to being able to see because of glasses is around $1.4 million in Guatemala alone. We have now taken this model to Ecudaor and Nicargaua – and all sales are even across the board and consistent with the beta work we have done in Guatemala Greg’s work has captured the attention of the social entrepreneur community and there is a desire to determine how this can be duplicated in other sites. More information on this issue, and the notion of engagement will be discussed in blogs posted later this week. Stay tuned, or subscribe! The Acacia Group works with Greg and Social Entrepreneur Corps in Nebaj, and is offering an opportunity for individuals or groups to participate in, observe and learn from SEC and the citizens of Nebaj. This experience is combined with personal and group leadership development coaching before, during and after the trip for up to three months. Interest is building, so book soon atwww.theacaciagroup.caAG7513