This post is for budding social entrepreneurs out there who have always wanted to start a project to help the community and have some great ideas, but a) Don’t know what to do next or b) don’t have the confidence or feel credible enough to start the project… Continue reading
by Emmanuella Emovon
As the year 2012 has now drawn to a close, it’s a great privilege to be able to reflect on the highs and lows, with a view to making things better in 2013. For Sarah, she started the year with a passion and burning desire to make a difference in her community. That was her Goal at the start of 2012. But it wasn’t until Sarah started what she described as the ‘SSE Boot camp’ that she realised, it would take more than passion and burning desire to turn her dream into reality. Nevertheless Sarah embraced Boot Camp with Optimism… Continue reading
This summer Gina Lopez, a student at the Clinton School of Public Service, spent time working for Eden Tree, a social enterprise in Accra, Ghana, before spending six weeks volunteering at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London. Here she looks back at her time in Ghana and examines the growing opportunities for social entrepreneurs. Continue reading
Let me tell you about a man I know….I’ll call him Ralph. When he hit 40, he realised that he’d wasted his life between drink and prison. He couldn’t remember the last real job he’d had. Worst of all he was barely on speaking terms with his teenage son. But now he wanted to change things. Continue reading
June reading with children
We all like a good story and as someone who works with children, I particularly enjoy reading fairy stories to spellbound children. The stories are filled with characters who are good strong leaders and inevitably save the world from evil… Continue reading
