Social Enterprises in Taiwan
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Use SOP to Empower D
The Hualien Mennonite Good Shepherd Taiwan of the Taiwan Christian Mennonite Church has long cared for disadvantaged children, girls, and women in the Hualien area. It kept updating and providing career counseling, ensuring that disadvantaged women can adapt to the workplace, and incorporated corporate management and human resources policies to expand their rescue mission into a sustainable business with diversified revenue.
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The "Bright Pro
About a decade ago, there was a large fallow land in Yihe Village, along Kangzhuang Road in the southern part and near the Shihmen Reservoir of Daxi District, Taoyuan. A retired teacher and a group of local farmers transformed this fallow wasteland into a green area and a row of greenhouses, forming a 20-hectare organic farming area and which is the highest density in northern Taiwan. Using cooperative production model, they also sell the agricultural products from the land and attract tourists.
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Ecological Conservat
Taiwan Wetlands Conservation Alliance (Wetlands Taiwan) collaborates with the Park Office of the Public Works Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government, to manage the 9.1-hectare Chouchai Wetland. They organized various themed activities to encourage the public and corporate groups to connect with, learn about, and experience environmental issues. They are also among the first excellent venues in Kaohsiung to be certified as suitable for natural environment education and eco-education.
International Development
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UK Social Enterprise Report: First Step Trust
First Step Trust (FST) provides work and training opportunities for people excluded from work because of their disadvantages via diversified business models (business services).
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UK Social Enterprise Report: The Big Issue Invest
To encourage charity organizations and businesses to join the ranks of social reform to eradicate poverty together and help social enterprises to grow, TBI established its investment-oriented subsidiary: The Big Issue Invest.
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The Promotion of Social Enterprises and Ecosystem Development in the U
Social enterprises in the UK were originally merely a component of local economic activities and were never part of the government's major policy considerations. However, ever since former Prime Minister Tony Blair publicly voiced his support for social entrepreneurs in his first policy speech delivered in 1997...
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UK Social Enterprise Report:The Hub Westminster
The Hub is a globally renowned chain co-working space. On its website, it clearly reads, “We are an innovation lab, industry incubation center and social enterprise community center. This is a global community spanning across five major continents with over 7,000 members offering diverse resources, creativities and cooperative opportunities in order to help develop and expand your business and influence.”
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UK Social Enterprise Report: Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
The research center affiliated to Oxford University focuses on the primary mission of offering world-class courses on social entrepreneurship, professional research and creating a common workspace.
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Money Does Grow on Trees: Green Leaves to Greenbacks
After Kamikatsu’s cash crops were devastated by a harsh cold front during the 1980s, Tomoji Yokoishi headed the effort to turn over a new leaf and found hope for the town in the surrounding mountains.
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PlayMoolah: Game App Helps Realizing Dreams
If you don’t know how to manage money, you will never achieve wealth. Audrey Tan and Min Lee discovered that money management is very similar to health management but is very different from regular learning.
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Three Cheers for a Better World!
There is a unique bar in Melbourne, Australia, where customers can contribute to the world while savoring Vietnamese baguette, coffee or drinking exotic brews. Welcome to the renowned Shebeen, located on 36 Manchester Lane.
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Lambeth: City with Boundless Dreams
In 2010, Lambeth proposed the concept of a Cooperative Council which invites public participation to make the city better. The Open Works is a live prototype of mass participation in creating a network to transform their neighborhood.