Social Enterprise Tag

05 Mar

Posted at 16:15h in Agriculture, Business, Community, Education, Environment, Exploitation, Food, Migrants, Refugees, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Sustainable Development Goals, Volunteering, Youth by
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Café Bienvenue is a social enterprise based in Paris that facilitates the socio-professional integration of refugees, promotes sustainable production and consumption, and offers high quality drinks and snacks in a warm and welcoming community space.   In January, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres presented his report on the...

27 Feb

Posted at 16:59h in Advocacy, Business, Education, International Development, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Young People by
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Isabel worked with Balloon Ventures in Kenya, unleashing the talent of small-scale entrepreneurs to end poverty. In September 2017 another Balloon Ventures programme began in Kericho, Kenya. We worked in a mixed team of ten UK volunteers and ten Kenyan volunteers, to run a programme focused...

18 Aug

Posted at 15:55h in Business, Community, Microcredit, Social Enterprise, Volunteering, Women by
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My Experiences as an International Citizen Service Volunteer in Burkina Faso During the summer of 2015 I spent 3 months volunteering for “Kabeela”, a non-profit organization based in Burkina Faso, West Africa. My volunteering placement was facilitated by ICS (International Citizen Service), a UK government funded...

21 Jul

Posted at 13:03h in Business, Community, Exploitation, Freedom, Microcredit, Philanthropy, Poverty, Social Enterprise, Social Justice, Women by
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Lessons from my Internship at the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh Grameen Bank was founded in 1983. However, its story began seven years earlier in 1976. Muhammad Yunus, then an economics Professor at the University of Chittagong, decided to experiment with the notion of extending small amounts...

12 Jul

Posted at 14:00h in Advocacy, Empathy, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise, Sustainable Development Goals, Volunteering, Young People, Youth by
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Hello and Welcome to The Blessed to Give Blog! This blog is a new initiative to bring together a community around philanthropy & global issues for under 35s, by sharing inspiring stories of young people using their gifts to bless others & create social change. The word 'philanthropy'...