CITIZENSHIP STAGE 2:GLOBAL ISSUES: SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

What Is A Social Entrepreneur

A person who establishes an enterprise with the aim of solving social problems or effecting social change.

Social entrepreneurs drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development. They pursue poverty alleviation goals with entrepreneurial zeal, business methods and the courage to innovate and overcome traditional practices. A social entrepreneur, similar to a business entrepreneur, builds strong and sustainable organizations, which are either set up as not-for-profits or companies.

Examples Of A Social Entrepreneurship

Grameen Bank: Provides monetary support to the poorest buisnesses in Bangladesh

The Salvation Army: Its founders Catherine and William Booth sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs".

Charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

Introduction To charity:watercharity:water is an organization that helps

provide clean drinking water to people in developing nations such as Africa, India, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Pakistan.

charity:water’s FounderScott Harrison

Scott Harrison: Harrison founded charity: water on September 7, 2006, on the night of his 31st birthday.[5] In lieu of receiving gifts, he charged his friends $20 each to attend his party at the yet unopened Tenjune nightclub. He raised $15,000 that night, which went towards fixing three wells and building three more at a refugee camp in Northern Uganda. charity: water is a non profit organization that works to bring clean and safe water to people in developing nations. charity: water uses all public donations to directly fund water projects such as building wells and sanitation facilities. Since its founding, charity: water has established 25 local partnerships, funded approximately 17,673 projects in 24 countries and provided roughly 5.6 million people with clean water. charity: water tackles the water crisis by working with local experts and community members to find the best sustainable solution in each place where they work, whether it’s a well, a piped system, a BioSand filter, or a system for harvesting rainwater. And with every water point they fund, their partners coordinate sanitation and hygiene training, and establish a local Water Committee to help keep water flowing for years to come. The organization's goal is to bring clean water to 100 million people by 2020.

Countries Helped by charity:waterPakistan: 48000 people have been helpedKenya: 117,239 people have been helpedUganda: 183,684 people have been helpedIndia: 370,319 people have been helpedNepal: 226,976 people have been helped

Credits

Team members: Hans, Takeshi, Yong Han and Aldrich

http://www.charitywater.org/about/mission.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Harrison_(c

harity_founder)

http://www.schwabfound.org/content/what-social-entrepreneur