A group of SECorps interns in Ecuador pose with a group of children in Pulingui, Ecuador during the 2014 SE Corps Program. In this photo, the interns were visiting a local school to collect data and information regarding access to clean water. Much of the work that intern groups focus on involves creating access to […]
How can we change the lives of the 500 million women living below the poverty line in rural areas? At Social Entrepreneur Corps (SE Corps), and our sister organization, Community Enterprise Solutions (CE Solutions), we believe that empowerment-focused social work can make a difference. And these five female entrepreneurs throughout Latin America prove that by […]
Last month, we were excited to launch #ProjectEmpowerment, a social media campaign that will highlight the core values that inspire our work at Social Entrepreneur Corps. Our core values shape the way that we approach empowerment in all aspects of our work. They guide everything from our internal team dynamics to how we engage with […]
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It is our belief that true social entrepreneurial change, meaning systems changing and profound social impact at scale, is at its heart, about pursuing strategies that are focused on empowerment. Everything we ALL do as a team should be centered on […]
The last three weeks have been eventful in the town of Los Blancos, here on the southern coast of the Dominican Republic. Team Impact worked hard on their various projects, and accomplished some incredible things. One of their APF projects was working with a local entrepreneur who builds furniture.
Meet Andy Starling, a young man with […]
I was an intern in the Dominican Republic for three and a half months. And throughout my time spent in the field, there were multiple times that I told myself — and my supervisor — that I would definitely be done with my projects in the next week or so, and would need to look […]
Essential to health, well-being, and improved performance, access to affordable purified water at school allows students to quench their thirst for education.Social Entrepreneur Corps and our sister organization Community Enterprise Solutions (CE Solutions) work with schools in the Dominican Republic to break down barriers to clean water while saving schools money. Growing out of project […]
Sitting in the open-air living room of a small wooden house, surrounded by chickens and a small plot of crops growing in the backyard, we wrapped up our final stage of training for two of our newest Tienditas Comunitarias (Sales Points). I handed each of our new entrepreneurs their water purification buckets, solar panels, energy saving […]
It is safe to say that CE Solutions’ busiest months are in June and July. This is the time when we have our Social Entrepreneur Corps interns working with us. During these months, the participants have the chance of winning Virtual NGO (VNGO) money, which they allocate where they see fit to organizations and groups […]
One of the best parts of Guatemala I have observed so far is the sense of community and the desire to help others, even when there is no immediate, or even ultimate gain for the person doing the helping. With such small towns and villages, often living in extreme poverty, I have seen community members, […]
