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 […]
This Friday, October 16th, is World Food Day. This is a day when people around the world join the movement against hunger and create one voice in affirmation of their commitment to the eradication of hunger in our lifetime. In celebration of this occasion I’d like to take this time to reflect on an experience […]
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 […]
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 […]
As week 3 is coming to a close, I can’t help but notice how much team Initiative has been able to accomplish in just 5 days. This Monday, we arrived in the city of Sololá, which is about 2 hours out of Antigua, and ventured across Late Atitlán by boat to a small town called […]
Year after year, Social Entrepreneur Corps is fortunate to host incredibly bright and motivated students from partner universities across the US as interns supporting our in country operations. Their efforts supporting the work of Community Enterprise Solutions (CES) and its local partners are extraordinary, and have made a significant impact both in moving forward CES’s […]
This past week, Hilla Benzaken, the regional coordinator of the Andean region of Ecuador, accompanied the women’s association of Pulingui, Riobamba in a soap-making workshop. The idea came about after summer interns from Social Entrepreneur Corps conducted a needs analysis with eight of the coordinators of the association. The women mentioned that they were looking for […]
