School for Social Entrepreneurs NZ Project
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When Wally Stone dreamed up whale-watching tours, Kaikoura was a town in decline, with Maori hit hard. Now, Whale Watch, owned and operated by Kati Kuri, is one of NZ’s leading tourist attractions and Kaikoura is thriving.
When Michael Jones reached the top of his game in rugby, he reached back to the “village” that got him there, starting the Village Trust to provide communities of support for at-risk Maori and Pacific kids and families.
Ray Avery, New Zealander of the Year in 2010, is a former street kid who has invented medical devices which have saved the sight and lives of millions of the world’s poor, building a sustainable innovation engine through his charity, Medicine Mondiale.
Adele Barlow and Pamela Minnett looked left and saw talented students who needed work experience, and looked right to see non-profits who needed to know about the digital world; they created the yMedia Challenge to bring the two together.
These people are New Zealand social entrepreneurs. We need to celebrate, support and grow more of them. more »
What is a Social entrepreneur?
Social entrepreneurs are people who see unmet social needs and build new initiatives to address them. more »
What is the School for Social Entrepreneurs?
The School for Social Entrepreneurs programme is a ground-breaking training and support programme for early-stage social entrepreneurs, helping people set up sustainable new social enterprises and non-profit ventures.more »
How can you help?
SSE NZ is an ambitious project that will fill a critical gap in NZ’s social innovation ecosystem. more »
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A School for NZ Social Entrepreneurs
We’re building a dedicated training and support programme for our social entrepreneurs.
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The SA Government-funded Australian Centre for Social Innovation launches with a Social Innovation Challenge, a focus on design-thinking and an emphasis on collaboration to find creative solutions to tough social problems.
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