Examples of Social Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurs can be found all over the world, in most industries, and where there are pressing needs. Here are a few examples:

• Istvan Aba-Horvath: Based in Hungary, Istvan’s mission is to aid Gypsy children in getting an education and simultaneously earn money. http://www.romacentrum.hu/kozhaz/debrecen
• Raul Oscar Abasolo Trincado: Raul lives in Chile and works with poor, outcast youth in his country. He has provided an opportunity for them to become meaningful and productive members of society.
• Mohammed Bah Abba: Mohammed has “resurrected” a form of pottery that was originally used in ancient Egypt. This pottery has allowed his people to keep their food fresh in the harsh climate of Nigeria.
• Abbass Abbass: Abbass started AlManarah in 2005, an organization centered in Israel. His mission is to stop discrimination against disabled people in his country.
• Rafael Alvarez: Rafael’s goal is to help American youth extend their outlook beyond graduation from high school, to highly skilled jobs by training students with the skills they need to do so. He accomplishes this goal through his organization, Genesys Works. http://www.genesysworks.org/
• Anita Ahuja: In India, Anita has addressed problems of waste, sanitation, and unemployment into a social entrepreneurial organization. Her business produces high-end accessories, such as wallets and purses, out of plastic waste. http://www.conserveindia.org/
• Manish Sankla: In India, Manish has been igniting youths by creating "consciousness" amongst young minds about their social responsibilities towards the wider community through Health, Education and Social activities. http://www.yuvaignitedminds.com/
• Jiten Agrawal: In India, Jiten is conserving environment by planting trees. TREES are planted by taking individual unique click through its website. http://www.click2plant.com/
• Ela Bhatt, Founder of the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and the SEWA Cooperative Bank in Gujarat.
• Dr Abraham M George, Founder of The George Foundation (TGF).
• Dr Verghese Kurien, Founder of the AMUL Dairy Project.
• Bunker Roy, Founder of Barefoot College which promotes rural development through innovative education programmes.
• Thinlas Chorol, Founder of the Ladakhi Women’s Travel Company.
• Nand Kishore Chaudhary, Founder of Jaipur rugs, which promotes rural development through capacity building of rural people in carpet weaving.
• Dr Govindappa Venkataswamy and Thulasiraj D Ravilla who established Aravind Eye Hospital where lakhs of operations have been carried out, about two-thirds of them free!
• The Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Medical Sciences under the admirable leadership of Dr Devi Shetty carries out three dozen surgeries a day, among them 60% are carried out at a nominal cost or free of charge.
• Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), run by S Rajagopalan and Svati Bhogle, which supports the development and launch of financially rewarding and environmentally-friendly methodologies into thriving enterprises.

If you also desire to be one such individual who wants to make a remarkable mark and impact on the society you are living in then the first step is to visit www.atth.org and register yourself to attend the mega SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM on November 4th,2012 in Bangalore to witness the young social entrepreneurs from all across the globe sharing their experiences so that you can take back the lessons to start off with a social entrepreneurial venture of your own. To know more you can message to is.mohanbn@gmail.com

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No need to convince all

Every new idea is first ignored, ridiculed and then accepted. There is not even a single philosophy in the world which has been accepted and followed by all 700 crore plus population on this earth. In fact there is a rule itself which says "Every rule has an exception". There
is not even a single system of governance which has been implemented by all countries/states. Still the world runs fine.

There has been a big invisible barrier on the innovative mind that blocks it to think further the moment it sees rejection of its thoughts by a few people around. Everyone on this planet has the best ideas to make this world a better place. Unfortunately all do not have the same ideas and even if some set of people have the same ideas, they are in different parts of the world unknown to each other. In such a scenario, clashes and arguments are bound to happen among people of different schools of thought and no doubt that these will filter out the best ideas for our future. Its a pity to see that today's youth has been pampered so much with all their wishes that a simple rejection of their thought or idea hurts them badly. Hence they are hiding all the information and ideas within themselves with the fear of being unable to convince everyone who doubt their thoughts. Friends! you have to accept that you will be unable to convince all because some won't accept the same what you accept either out of difference of opinions or ego or plain ignorance.

You are born on this earth to convey and pass on a message that you are convinced about that will do good to the world. Like death is a sure fact that we have accepted, accept that rejection of your ideas is also a normal sure-shot fact. You don't have to argue with anyone to convince them and make them accept your point. Keep informing everyone about your idea. Some will reject, some will ignore, some will ridicule while there will be a set of people who will accept your idea. Keep building this circle of acceptance by spreading your idea among lot of people and simultaneously keep implementing your idea as well. Some years down the lane, you need not speak of your idea, the work itself will stand as a proof and convince everyone.

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ATTH - the Beginning

ATTH is a word that takes its roots from the mother of all languages sanskrit which means the beginning. Almost all our ancient scriptures of India including our bhagwadgeeta contain this word 'ATTH' at the beginning of many chapters and shlokas. This was the word that we chose to name an event which would symbolise the beginning of an era of massive impact for the improvement and the empowerment of our society. ATTH is going to be one of the most grand events that Bangalore city would be witnessing this November 4th,2012.

Entrepreneurship is a vast field that has been providing food for every individual existing on this planet today. If there were no people who could pay others who worked to build a business, probably we would still have to follow the lifestyle of a chromagnum man of collecting fruits and roots from trees to eat. There are businesses developed by certain people towards a common objective to serve a particular need and they amass many others of different talents together at one place to meet this requirement. With the need getting the service even the employees and employers earn their livelihood from entrepreneurship.

When the word 'social' gets added before entrepreneurship it becomes social entrepreneurship and the need that this business will serve is going to become a social cause. Today's world is suffering under the hands of global warming, illiteracy, hunger, poverty, caste discrimination, racial discrimination, scarcity of drinking water, lack of basic necessities to all, soil erosion, animal extinction and many of them. If there can be any company or an organization or a business that can come to address such issues and help serve, improve and empower the society then that gets called as SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP which is the need of the hour. So its time that we take the control right in our hands to protect the planet earth from the clutches of such social problems. So it very important for each one of us to understand and explore this arena of social entrepreneurship. Henc to know and learn more about social entrepreneurship you can block your seat at the mega event on SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP forum that's coming up this November 4th,2012 in Bangalore, India presented by 'Inspiration Unlimited' and powered by 36meals(NGO which aims at erdicating hunger from the world). For more information visit
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