Mayo615's French Odyssey Week 19 - Social Entrepreneurship
Channel: Mayo615
Date: 2019-08-13

Hello! 
And welcome to the Week 19 Update of Mayo615’s Odyssey to France and how to turn Big Ideas into Big Realities.  Today I want to talk about social entrepreneurship. 
Social entrepreneurship is an approach by start-up companies and entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. The Camp in Aix has made social entrepreneurship a key part of their program. My students and I worked with Enactus, the international non-profit group which helps develop SE projects world-wide. Enactus defines three tiers of projects. The 1st is immediate and tactical, like running a food drive. The 2nd tier is to build a project that solves a major problem but requires the founders to operate it. The 3rd tier is the ultimate social goal, solving a problem where the recipients of the solution are empowered to create a self-sustaining operation of their own. Our project was a 3rd tier project to create roof-top hydroponic fruit and vegetable gardens. The produce was sold to the community, sustaining the operation, and providing jobs.
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