I thank Dr. Wafa that was arranged a meeting with the manager of “Herfah”: Hind Alharbi as a guest speaker in our class at KSU.
HERFAH – FIRST MULTIPURPOSE WOMEN COOPERATIVE IN QASSIM, SAUDI ARABIA.
“Herfah ” is an Arabic word that encompasses all handicrafts, any handmade work is regarded as a craft. . Is the first women’s cooperative in the kingdom which care about the letter and productive families association craft.
Also, they have a special design by Naeema Al shuhail. Every piece contains a degree of handwork and embroidery which called “HerfahByNaeema” Designs. The theme of their designs is true to our custom heritage, in harmony with our present, and kind to our future. I am impressed with their business theme, may I will pay some of those creative products.
It’s really amazing experience and modern way of production.
I watched this video it’s really a motivating story.
Its talking about “Jan Koum” challenging life, who worked as programmer. After many challenges he got successful in his own business as co-founder of WhatsApp company along with his partner “Brian Acton” . The video talked about his success and how the WhatsApp was founded.
Do you have such ambitions and enthusiasm? Can you do this without blaming the circumstances? Whoever wants to succeed, the success doors will be opened.
It is not only about money; it’s about making dreams come true.
To which extent should we need to be confident and to work hard to succeed.
We have to learn that a success should be our first target, then the money would come along with the success. That’s how the entrepreneurs think about it..
Social entrepreneurship refers to the practice of combining innovation, resourcefulness and opportunity to address critical social and environmental challenges.
Social entrepreneurs focus on transforming systems and practices that are the root causes of poverty, marginalization, environmental deterioration and accompanying loss of human dignity. In so doing, they may set up for-profit or not-for-profit organizations, and in either case, their primary objective is to create sustainable systems change.
Q2-what are the benefits of SE?
There are some benefits such as:
chance for making an excellence.
an opportunity to achieve ambitions.
an opportunity to make profits.
Contribute to community services and create jobs for others.
Q3-find an example of an Existing SE and give information on it?
A Real life example of social entrepreneur is Bill Drayton.
Bill is not just a great example of a social entrepreneur, he actually helped to define and promote the term itself. Drayton is the founder and current chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, an organization that is dedicated in finding and helping social entrepreneurs around the world.
Ashoka was founded by Drayton in 1980 and it has provided startup financing, professional support services, and connections to a global network across the business and social sectors, and a platform for people dedicated to changing the world. It launched the field of social entrepreneurship and has helped to generate new ideas to solve social problems. Nowadays, Ashoka is the largest network of social entrepreneurs worldwide, with nearly 3 000 Ashoka Fellows in 70 countries, some of which have already developed leading social businesses that have made a huge impact on communities around the world.
Now here you can watch 15 Social Entrepreneurs and Their Crazy Ideas by Watching this video :
