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Topics | By Victoria December 13th,2011 I have 3 more days in Kenya and I am bursting with excitement to go home for Christmas to be with friends and family and my fiancée. It doesn’t feel like Christmas here in the plus 25 degree Celsius heat,which has seemed to kick the rainy season out of the way for my final [...] December 13th,2011 | Category:Entrepreneurship,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Enterprise | Leave a comment By Heather November 4th,2011 HELP-SL began the Linking Youth with Knowledge and Opportunities in Micro Finance (LYKOM) project in 2009,with the support of UNDP. I have seen that project has garnered great successes and provided immense learning opportunities,both for the communities it served and for HELP-SL as an organization. I also know that my Street Kids [...] By Victoria September 13th,2011 I am very proud to be working at SKI’s Kenya partner,Make A Better World Kenya (MABWOK) as they are very ‘on the ball’ in realizing what will make their community (and organization) more sustainable. What I have been helping MABWOK with for the most part lately,is developing the concept for a social enterprise,[...] September 13th,2011 | Category:Social Enterprise | Leave a comment By Victoria September 13th,2011 Recently my focus has been on developing a business plan for the social enterprise Make A Better World Kenya is planning on kick starting by the end of 2011. This idea,formulated before SKI’s CIDA proposal went in last year but solidified through the proposal process,is the result of recognition of the path that [...] September 13th,2011 | Category:International Development,Misc.,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Enterprise | 4 comments By Heather August 29th,2011 Anya and I are on the road,making the slow return to Bo from our Street Business training in Koidu,Eastern Sierra Leone. They practically had to drag me out of the city,I was so enamoured. We met a lot of great folks and I interviewed a number of them to find out how [...] August 29th,2011 | Category:Capacity Building,Social Enterprise,Street Youth,Training,Youth Livelihood | Leave a comment By Heather July 18th,2011 One of my favourite aspects of my job is gathering stories from our microfinance clients on how their loans have affected their lives. It is through these discussions that I get closest to seeing the impacts of tools like the Street Business Toolkit (SBTK). I’ve seen that HELP-SL’s practice of giving business and life skills [...] July 18th,2011 | Category:Capacity Building,Entrepreneurship,International Development,Non-Governmental Organizations,Social Enterprise,Training | Leave a comment By Dianne in Tanzania February 27th,2011 Microfranchise is one seriously cool livelihoods initiative. Not to be confused with microfinance,a microfranchise is a small,tested business that can be easily replicated by following proven marketing and operational concepts. The idea is very similar to franchising,whereby franchise chains are independently owned and operated but use centrally produced brands and products. Microfranchise [...] February 27th,2011 | Tags:Microfranchise | Category:Social Enterprise,Street Youth,Training,Youth Livelihood | Leave a comment | About usWe are 8 young Canadians working in 8 different countries for Street Kids International. We'll be writing about our experiences here and would love to hear any of your comments or questions! To learn more about us,click here. | |||
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