Frontline World Cyber-Assignment
Here is a link to the on-line programs: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/socialentrepreneurs.html
Respond to three (3) stories between November 4-7, 2013. Post your Frontline World Responses (3) on the blog. (Bring in headphones for computer use on campus in the labs.)
Answer the following questions in your response to the program. Post separately.
Outline:
1.Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2.What problem did the person profiled identify?
3.What is the name of the organization/business(es) they started?
4.Describe his or her relationship to the community served?
• Why the rebel of social critic decide to address this issue?
5. How does the community own the process?
6. How is success measured?
7. What are the evaluative tools?
Respond to three (3) stories between November 4-7, 2013. Post your Frontline World Responses (3) on the blog. (Bring in headphones for computer use on campus in the labs.)
Answer the following questions in your response to the program. Post separately.
Outline:
1.Who is the social entrepreneur profiled?
2.What problem did the person profiled identify?
3.What is the name of the organization/business(es) they started?
4.Describe his or her relationship to the community served?
• Why the rebel of social critic decide to address this issue?
5. How does the community own the process?
6. How is success measured?
7. What are the evaluative tools?
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Evan Hill
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
4 November 2013
Innovations in Wheelchairs
An engineering professor at San Francisco State by the name of Ralf Hotchkiss began making wheelchair designs as a way of making his life more comfortable after a motorcycle accident took away his ability to walk. He was soon creating wheelchairs through his company Whirlwind Wheelchair to be used in countries all around the world where the circumstances made it difficult for those who were disabled to get around. Hotchkiss began distributing his invention in Vietnam where a factory owner named Toan Nguyen has partnered with him to produce the wheelchair named the RoughRider using local labor. Soon, many disabled residents all across the town are using the RoughRider, and the success of the invention translated to is being produced in countries all around the world.
Denise Burgara
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 11am
4 November 2013
Ecuador: Flower Power
John Nevado, a progressive grower, is one of the leaders of the fair trade movement in Ecuador in a Rose farm. The weather in this farm is a perfect growing condition and does grow very tall roses, but yet the demand for it has been very low. Nevado started a new system where the fair trade certified flowers are as naturally grown as possible. Since the industry is dangerous with potential pesticides, poor labor practices and corrupt management. He has created this program to certify that these flowers are grown in high quality. With this program, people who buy flowers are imputing extra money to help out some of the laborers that work in these farms, they empower them to keep going and growing. He uses sustainable techniques such as growing chamomile to ward off certain pests, introducing spiders to eat other pests and using chili and garlic spray in lieu of chemical pesticides. These practices have made his fair trade roses hugely successful in Europe. He now believes that the American consumer is ready to pay a slightly higher price for a more "ethical" rose.
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Alma Ramirez
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8AM
4 November 2013
Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees
The social entrepreneur profiled is Pati Ruiz Corzo. She came to a rural region five hours away from Mexico City in Mexico about twenty five years ago. There she noticed a lack of vegetation and people not doing the right thing when it came to matters of helping the atmosphere due to garbage being everywhere. Pati Ruiz Corzo is the director of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve and also started new jobs for the community.She actively participates in the community with teaching them new ways of helping such as not throwing their garbage in the rivers, or ways to cook their food with the sun. Pati Ruiz Corzo used to be a school teacher in the city, and she finally had enough of the city life and moved near nature. She decided to help the forest, as well as help the people of the community to live a better life.
The community are the main people helping with the planting of the trees as well as the lodges for visitors. The program not only is for the help of the offset of carbon, but also helps their own community. Success is measured just by amount of people in that village having new jobs and not having to move to the United States. Another way to measure the success is showing the difference of the same community twenty five years ago and the same community today. They are now helping reduce global warming as well as having more jobs. The tools to measure this success is through interviewing these people about their new and improved way of life.
Kimberly Young
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50am
4 November 2013
Vietnam: Innovation of Wheelchairs
1. The social entrepreneur that was profiled in this video was Ralf Hotchkiss, an engineering professor at San Francisco State.
2. Ralf Hotchkiss, who was profiled in the video, was tackling a problem to improve the wheelchairs for Toan Nguyen and many disabled people in Vietnam. In result of the issue, he created the Roughrider.
3. He started the Whirlwind Wheelchair Network which helps to raise money from Western foundations to help the cost of the newly designed wheelchair.
4. Hotchkiss understands the conditions that many disabled are facing, and has created an affordable, durable, and fast wheelchair design that would benefit them. His relationship with the community must a positive because he understands the people of the city really well.
5. The rebel of this video
was Hotchkiss and the reason why he addressed this issue was because he sympathized how the disabled racers had to use wheelchairs that were neither durable nor affordable. He thought that he would make a change by designing a new wheelchair.
6. The community owns the process because most people can afford the wheelchair because of its cheap cost and quality. This is something that most of the community would be blessed about.
7.This was measured as successful because they have fund raised enough money and given wheelchairs to disabled racers. For example, Thanh Giang was given a wheelchair and he said “when it comes to competing, the wheelchair is very comfortable,” and “it doesn’t block my arm movement.” This displays his success.
8. The evaluative tools were the business that he started and his new design in the wheelchair. He changed many of the disabled racers' lives by coming up with a wheelchair that many disabled racers could use.
Ariana Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50AM
4 November 2013
Egypt: Middle East, Inc.
1) The social Entreprenur profiled is Soraya Salti.
2) Salti identified that many educated youth in Egypt are unemployed and that this is considered normal for people in Egypt.
3) Salti runs a non-profit organization called Injaz, which tries to instill the entrepreneurial spirit into the students.
4) Salti decided to address this issue because she noticed that educated youth have the potential, but not the opportunity. She also wants to teach students business and life skills as a part of regular school curriculum.
5) It is up to the community how this will work because it is up to the youth to participate and try their best. It is also up to the parents to let their children participate in the program, even if it interferes slightly with their current education.
6) Success is measured in different ways: if the amount of employed girls increase, the program is successful. It is also measured by the peoples’ enthusiasm towards business and social entrepreneurship.
7) Some evaluative tools could be the community’s happiness with the program. For example, the father who opposed his son joining Injaz in the end thought the program was more useful than university education. This shows that the program is triumphant at raising entrepreneurship spirit.
Denise Burgara
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 11am
5 November 2013
Rwanda: Millennium Village
Rwanda was a very nice quiet village in Africa, people kept their streets clean and obeyed traffic laws, as well as women walking at knight felt very safe and normal to them. Till one day violence struck the poor village and killed thousands. Jeffrey Sachs, the social entrepreneur in this case, started the Millennium Village Project to reduce extreme poverty by eliminating or at least drastically reducing within five years by applying the latest science and technology to agriculture, health, education and infrastructure. With his plan he created many small businesses runned by these villagers and created many jobs. He also started a new health care plan that increased patients well being. He has made this country grow and has helped them build a better place. Sachs also wants to build an airport near by to increase tourism.
Kimberly Young
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50am
4 November 2013
Mexico: The Business of Saving Trees
1. The social entrepreneur who was profiled was Pati Ruiz Corzo, who was the director of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve.
2. Twenty years ago when Pati Ruiz Corzo first came to the Sierra Gorda, she noticed that people were trashing their garbage and destroying their own homeland. She then noticed that the key to improving the reserve was to grow more trees and vegetation.
3. The organization that Pati Ruiz Corzo has created is Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve, where Pati was able to pay people to grow vegetation in their own lands. They are also selling to people who want to pay for the pollution that they emit in other parts of the world.
4. The relationship that Pati has with her community is that she serves a teacher to community. She actively teaches people new methods in throwing trash instead of littering it everywhere. Through her organization, she was able to provide more jobs to the people of her community.
5. Pati Ruiz Corzo decides to address this problem because she saw that the reserve was turning into trash, instead it could be transformed into a live saver of global warming. She saw potential in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere so she decided to change what she saw.
6. The community owns the process because a lot of them are getting paid to plant trees and vegetation in their lands. They are making money from this business and also saving the environment at the same time.
7. Her success was measure by the money she made. She sold to people who wanted to reduce their own carbon footprint. She made a few thousand dollars and is still making more today. Today, the Sierra Gorda Biosphere has changed tremendously since twenty years ago.
8. The evaluative tools of the tree saving business were the trees, because without the trees and plantations there would be no way to better the biosphere.
Evan Hill
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
5 November 2013
The Power of Fair Trade Flowers
The entrepeneur profiled was John Nevado who owned two rose farms which he used to grow and distribute "ethical" roses. In South America, the fair trade act had been ignored by flower companies who were attempting to meet the demand of Americans. These companies refused to adhere to the laws and follow fair labor practices as well as using environmentally safe products when dealing with the growing of roses. John Nevado began to use environmentally safe ways of dealing with pests and being fair in regards to his worker's rights. As a result, not only was he successful, but he and other progressive growers were being recognized on a global scale.
Ariana Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50AM
4 November 2013
Vietnam: Innovation of Wheelchairs
1) The social entrepreneur profiled is Ralf Hotchkiss.
2) Hotchkiss identified the problem that the roads in Vietnam are not wheelchair-friendly, and decided to develop a wheelchair that can better handle difficult situations called the Rough Rider.
3) Hotchkiss started the Whirlwind Wheelchair Network. The goal of this organization is to raise money from Western foundations to help the cost of the chair.
4) Hotchkiss decided to address this issue when he became paralyzed in a motorcycle accident thirty years ago. He traveled around the world for ideas to design his wheelchair. He started in Vietnam, where he met Toan Nguyen.
5) The community owns the process because it is up to them to desire for and want to use the wheel chair.
6) Success is measured by the vast amount of people that the wheelchair can satisfy. For example, the RoughRider’s foot rests were no use to a person who lost his legs. However, in a few minutes, the foot rests where modified to a step. The wheelchair was designed for easy modification, which broadens its amount of users.
7) The evaluative tools would be the numerous of countries that now use the RoughRider. Hotchkiss introduced the RoughRider to many different countries, including Mexico, Iraq, and South Africa. Another evaluative tool are the users’ happiness. Thanh Giang, a disabled athlete, states that the RoughRider is very comfortable and doesn’t interfere with his arm movements.
Kimberly Young
Professor Sabir
English 1A, 8:00-8:50am
6 November 2013
Ecuador: Flower Power
1. The social entrepreneur that is profiled is John Nevado one of the leaders of the fair trade movement in the Rose Farm in Ecuador.
2. John Nevado has identified that Ecuador is a really good place to grow roses, but the rose farm doesn't get much business.
3. The organization that John has created is a farm that makes high quality roses without using any chemical or pesicides. Instead, they use nature to counter the problems that chemicals prevented.
4. In addition to saving the rose garden, John has also created a farm where women could work. Whereas, before women could not work because they were pregnant and the chemicals would be harmful to the baby. He also created a system of childcare for women with children to work. By creating jobs where more women could work, his organization is serving the community.
5. John decides to address this issue because she saw that the rose farms had potential of growing high quality roses, but somethings just needed to be changed around. He also wanted to make the rose farm suited for workers who wanted to do the job, instead of just hiring workers who aren't pregnant or have no children (he insisted on quality).
6. The community owns the process because most of the workers in the rose farm came from the community. By helping to save the rose garden and transforming into something better, he is increasing the chances for the community to get or maintain their jobs.
7. This was measured as successful, because this new method of growing high quality roses not only benefit the people but also the environment. They are decreasing the amount of chemicals that are put in the air, which helps to keep air clean.
8. Th evaluative tools are the happiness of the women who are blessed from having the job of growing roses. For example, before women were not likely to work because of their children, but this organization gives women in the community an opportunity to work providing them with a day care for their kids..
Patrick Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50
6 November 2013
Vietnam: Wheels of Change
Ralph Hotchkiss, an engineering professor at San Francisco State University, created a wheelchair, the RoughRider, that does not have the flaws of an ordinary wheelchair. Having been in a motorcycle accident 30 years ago, he became inspired to build a wheelchair that he felt fit his needs. in 2006, he met with a Vietnam factory owner, Toan Nguyen, to discuss plans for producing the RoughRider in Vietnam. The streets of Vietnam are very unfavorable for the crippled. Many times the crippled are not taken into consideration. They therefore cannot access many places. RoughRiders are inexpensive to make, but very high quality.
Hotchkiss has brought his creation over to many other countries, such Mexico, Iraq, and South Africa. His goal is to develop an industry of wheelchair. He hopes that others will follow his path and continue to improve upon the present day. wheelchair
Patrick Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50
6 November 2013
Mexico: The Business of Saving Tress
Pati Ruiz Corzo moved to the Sierra Gorda 30 years ago. In those years, she found a disregard for the land, with liter in the lakes and forests. This led her to form a community group whose goal is to improve the conditions of the Sierra Gorda. The group's work was recognized by the Mexican government, as they later declared the region a a protected area. The group successfully transformed the area by planting many new trees. Trees release chemcials that offset the chemicals released by greenhouse gases (which help with global warming). In our day, global warming is a problem that many are aware of. Companies that sell "carbon offsets" are very successful, especially in Europe and the United States. Pati wishes to use the trees that her group has grown for the market. Her forest of trees is estimated at $1.1 billion in carbon exchange.
I think Pati's years of work were a success. Prior to her, the Sierra Gordo was almost like a wasteland. Pati completely changed it, making it beautiful and a tourist attraction.
Jacky Christie
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:30
Frontline World Cyber-Assigmment
Nepal: A Girl's Life Making room to read
In Nepal, just like America, there are many children with a yearning to learn, and often, a love of reading. Unfortunately, unlike most Americans, Nepal has a quite rigid social class structure, in which the lowest level- the "untouchables", live on a barely-getting-by wage. One particular case was that of a nine year old girl, Sabina Timilsina. Her passion, curiosity, and love of reading tugged at the heart strings of many- especially the "Room to Read" program founder and social entrepreneur John Wood. During a vacation to Nepal, Woods was taken aback by the intensity of the poverty- most concentrated, it seemed, in the schools. Inspired, he returned the year after with many books to donate, and then went on to create his program that eventually create hundreds of libraries, schools, scholarships, etc. Also notable, Wood believed strongly in rebelling the usual status quo in Nepal that females shouldn't get as many educational advantage as males, by giving equal opportunities to boys and girls. After Wood set his program's wheels in motion, it went on to be staffed mostly by the native Nepalese. The thousands of youth now able to pick up and read a book at will serve as perfect examples of the "Room to Read"'s success, but Sabina- and her granted full-scholarship- show a more specific instance. Overall, it looks like Wood's basic tools use to make this program a success were determination, and constructive donating of resources.
Patrick Yu
Professor Sabir
English 1A 11-11:50
6 November 2013
Rwanda: Millennium Village
The Millennium Villages Project's goal is to end permanently end poverty in African countries. Rwanda, which was doing especially poor, was featured in this documentary. Rwanda suffered from a genocide in 1994, which killed 1 in 10 people. In 2006, Rwanda has no health care. Malaria was very common, since the people could not protect themselves with nets. 60 percent of the children diagnosed with malaria actually had it. Children were very malnurished as well, because the village received very little rain per year. Many children did not live past 5 years old.
In 2008, the filming crew returned, and saw that conditions have improved a lot. Agricultural life improved by 60% because of the farmer's strategy of terrace planting. Most importantly, Rwanda has a health care system. People had access to drugs, hospital staff, and bed nets. Malaria cases became rare, and the death rate was cut by two-thirds.
Because the people were confident that they had the necessities for survival, they began to think about prosperity and starting businesses. Women had more free time, so they formed weaving groups, which earned them a high income. The money inspired some women to start other businesses.
The accomplishments of the Millennium Villages Project definitely went beyond its goal with the story of Rwanda. They spent billions of dollars for a good cause - of permanently ending poverty. Though Rwanda's living conditions are a lot better than they were a decade ago, it still has a long way to go to become industrialized.
Alma Ramirez
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50AM
5 November 2013
Ecuador: Country Doctors
Dr. Edgar Rodas is a doctor who helps the poor people in his country in order for them to receive free medical help, which is something very hard to get. His organization is called Cinterandes Foundation which was started in 1995 . Dr. Rodas decided to help people after he saw what other organizations such as Project HOPE were doing to help people and so he decided to do this as well. He was tired of seeing how hard it was for the people in his country to receive the medical attention that they needed. His work is crucial to many people of Ecuador since not only do the surgeons perform surgeries in medically equipped trucks, but many other doctors are sent to rural areas to help people who don’t see doctors. The organization by Dr. Rodas has helped over 50,000 people.
Alma Ramirez
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50AM
6 November 2013
Rwanda: A Millennium Village
The Millennium Village Project helps rural countries improve life in about five years. The project was launched due to ideas by Jeffrey Sachs and the help of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. The project is helping countries in Africa in order to remove or at least decrease the extreme poverty that they face. The show highlighted the project on the country of Rwanda. The fascinating thing about this project is how Rwanda has a history of poverty and genocide, and so people were left devastated and now thanks to the project, there is improvement being made. The project also helps people suffering of malaria. Another great thing the project has done is help with new techniques for farming, since before all there was in Rwanda was dry land. The Millenium Village Project is also helping people obtain new jobs from farming and also sewing. The people really benefit from this due to them finally being able to have a little more hope in their lives about improvement.
Evan Hill
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
6 November 2013
Saving the Trees
Pati Ruiz Corso's main goal was to help the residents of those living in the Sierra Gorda Biosphere. When Corso first arrived there, she found that the residents lived in an area full of trash and with a small amount of trees and plants and such; the landscape was quite bare. She took it upon herself to direct the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve to accomplish just that. Not only did much of the vegetation come back, she was able to help spur economic growth in the community by helping to develop a tourist industry. She also became involved with carbon trading, which lets large companies participate in a process known as carbon offsetting which as the name would suggests helps offset their carbon footprint by donating to organizations like Corso's. Corso was able to pull this community out of its funk and turn it into a thriving ecosystem both in terms of nature and economics.
Daniel Mao
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8:00
4 November 2013
Frontline World
1. Purnima McCutcheon.
2. That Tamil Nadu, India had lost everything in their village due to a tsunami and needed help rebuilding.
3. The organization is Architecture for Humanity.
4. She had no relationship to the community prior to the incident of the tsunami. She just decided to help and went there.
5. The community is involved in the process for approving the designs that are given to them.
6. Success is measured by how much can be done for these communities that have lost everything with as little money as possible.
7. She created an organization spanning the world that would readily design buildings for the communities that are in need of assistance.
Daniel Mao
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8:00
5 November 2013
Frontline World
1. Ralf Hotchkiss is the social entrepreneur that is shown in “Vietnam: Innovation of Wheelchairs”
2. He wanted to make better wheel chairs that worked in environments.
3. The organization is called Whirlwind Wheel chair.
4. His relationship with the community is good because he is trying to make better designed wheel chairs as well as create a market for it to breed competition and even more design innovation.
5. Whirlwind Wheelchair Network does not profit from its designs. It is open source, so the factories can make cheaply well designed wheelchairs.
6. Success is measured by how many wheel chairs can be made affordable by the money raised.
7. You can evaluate the success by how many people have been helped as well as the market for wheel chair design.
Daniel Mao
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8:00
6 November 2013
Frontline World
1. The social entrepreneur of “Mexico: The business of Saving Trees” is Pati Ruiz Corzo.
2. She wanted to grow trees and protect it because she realized that it kept many people from damaging the land.
3. The organization is called Gorda Biosphere Reserve.
4. She has a great relationship with the community because she not only teach the community on how to protect the land, but also creates jobs.
5. The community benefits from the preservation of the land as well as the creation of jobs.
6. Success is measured by the money that she is able to generate. This money goes towards preserving the land and creating more jobs.
7. You can evaluate the organization by what was created for, the natural land and trees that were able to be preserved.
Michael Cunningham
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
5 November 2013
Frontline Social Entrepreneurs
1. The Social Entrepreneur profiled in “Rwanda: Millennium Village” is Jeffrey Sachs.
2. The problem that he identifies is that extreme poverty can be eliminated or at least drastically reduced within five years if you rigorously apply the latest science and technology to agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure.
3. The name of his organization is the Millennium Village Project.
4. The relationship that Jeffrey has with the community is a great one because he is coming into a village that was severely damaged by war and giving them the tools they needed to turn their village around.
5. Jeffrey chose to address this issue because it needed to be talked about, and people need to know that Rwanda is changing and becoming a better place.
6. The community owns this process because they are given the tools but in turn they have to use these tools on their own so they are actually doing the work.
7.The success is measured by how well the village has transformed over a five year span.
Hoi Chak
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50AM
6 Novemember 2013
India: Design Like You Give A Damn
1) The social entreprenuer being profiled is Purnima McCutcheon.
2) Because many of her clients are villagers and fisherman, she wants to help rebuild the community.
3) The project doesn't have a name yet but McCutcheon plans to a building that can improve the lives of the villagers. Early last year, the building was complete and is now the heart of the community. With solar power systems, utility and water bills have decreased.
4) She spent four years, building 12 community buildings - I would say she has grown with the community. She no longer saw them as clients but as equals. She believed that everyone she have the same opportunities. She describes that her relationship "deepens" with the community as she spends more and more time with them, helping them rebuild their community after the tragic disaster.
5) With the approval of the community, Purnima begins to build. The community plays a big part because without the approval and acceptance of the community, Purnima would have never decided to rebuild a community there.
6) Success is measured in how much she has helped the community. Regardless of the amount of buildings she built; it's her relationship with the villagers that name her success. Without there trust, she would've never succeed.
7) From the idea, to the sketches, it was Purnima McCutheon who came up with the idea of renovating the community.
Hoi Chak
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50AM
6 November 2013
Egypt Middle East Inc
1) Social Entreprenur is Soraya Salti
2) Educated youths are unemployed.
3) Injaz is a non-profit organization that helps youths find skills that can help them in the work force. It also helps motivate them to start their own business and become entrepreneurs themselves.
4) Salti wanted youths to have the same experience and opportunities as one another other. She wanted to teach students about the business world and what it actually means to work.
5) The success is determined by the community. Whether or not this project is successful, all comes down to how hard working the youths are. This project was created for them and if they don't take advantage of it then this project will not be successful
6) Soraya Salti also stresses the importance of feminism. She considers the project a success if the important of employed girls increased.
7) The community's benefits comes into play throughout the project.
Hoi Chak
Professor Sabir
English 1A 8-8:50AM
6 November 2013
Ecuador: Flower Power
1) John Nevado is the social entrepreneur.
2) Nevado believes that Ecuador is the best place to grow roses and wonders why rose farms businesses decrease every year.
3) He wants to create a farm that produce high quality roses. His roses differ in that he does not plan on using pesticides or chemicals to help enhance growth. Rather he wants to depend on Ecuador's natural resources to help grow roses.
4) John Nevado was also a strong advocate for women. He created a farm where women were employed and also established childcare for women with children during work.
5) The community benefits from his organization not only because he helps increase economic sales but he also promotes the importance of women. He understands the struggles of being pregnant and instead of abandoning her (firing her), he helps establish a childcare program.
6) Most of the workers come from the community therefore this directly benefits the families in Ecuador. His organization help decrease unemployment.
7) In addition to decreasing unemployment, growing plants without pesticides and herbicides benefit the environment as well.
Briana Del Cid
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
11/9/13
Ecuador's Flowers
1. The social entrepreneur profiled is John Nevado, a believer of the fair trader and owner of two rose farms.
2. John Nevado has identified the problem of free trade roses. Farms that produce free trade roses have poor working condition, hazardous pesticides, and corrupt administration.
3. The organization the Nevado started is called, Nevado Roses. It produces organic and high quality roses that are better for the environment.
4. The organization has been a community where women can work even if they have children especially since there are no chemicals pregnant women can work as well. His organization has also stopped population. They made a contract with a meat factory and stopped them from polluting the river.
5. Nevado has decided to address this issue because he knew, after taking business and marketing classes, that the rose industry had potential. He took the knowledge he had gain to fix the ways of rose farming to transform his farm into producing fair trade roses.
6. The community owns the process by
7. Success is measured by the certificates received for becoming an organic and fair trade farm. Nevado Roses farms have become so successful that soon the company’s roses will be sold in the United States even if it costs more.
8. The evaluative tools are the number of happy workers, pretty flowers, and certificates on a box.
Briana Del Cid
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
9 November 2013
1. The social entrepreneur profiled is Jim Fruchterman, the founder of Benetech.
2. Jim Fruchterman has identified the problem that Guatemala didn’t have the resources to protect, scan, and analyze all the secret files.
3. The organization is called Benetech and it’s located in Silicon Valley, California. Its purpose is to provide technology solutions to social problems.
4. The organization has been a community where scientist create software that solve humanitarian problems. There is much support even though there have been death threats from outside sources.
5. Fruchterman had been nonchalant by the work load of analyzing the millions of documents but when he found out it would be a key piece to finding a piece of lost Guatemalan history he declared that injustice must be fought.
6. The community owns the process by supporting it and volunteering to preserve and scan documents.
7. Success is measured by the number of documents analyzed and scanned every day.
8. The evaluative tools are the computers that record all important documents.
Saleena Carpenter
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
9 November 2013
Ecuador Power Flowers
The entrepreneur profiles is John Nevado who is one of the leaders on a farm that grows and distributes roses. John Nevado identified the problem of the lack of business in rose farms in Ecuador being that Ecuador is a great place to grow roses. He created the organization (a farm) that makes beautiful roses without using chemicals or pesticides just nature. John created the farm to save roses but also to serve the community by creating jobs for women, especially pregnant women. He decided to address the issue because he wanted to grow high quality roses and help mothers find work that is safe. The community owns this process most of the workers live and originate in the community; the rose farm increases jobs and money in the community. The success is measured by the people benefiting from being employed and the environment benefiting from the lessening of chemicals released in the air. The evaluative told are the rose farm and the work it provides.
Saleena Carpenter
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50
November 2013
Rwanda Millennium Village
The social entrepreneur profiled is Jeffrey Sachs, he identifies the problem of extreme poverty in Rwanda. His organization is the Millennium Village Project. The relationship Jeffrey has with the community is one to repair and rebuild; the village is damaged by war. He chose to address this issue it really needed to be addressed and he knows that extreme poverty can be ended or diminished in five years with the latest science, agricultural technology, health, education and infrastructure. The community owns this process because the rooks are given to them so they do the actual work. The success is measured by how well the village has improved over the five year time frame.
Saleena Carpenter
Professor Sabir
English 1A 10-10:50am
November 2013
Vietnam Innovation of Wheelchairs
Ralf Hotchkiss is the entrepreneur profiled, an engineering professor at San Francisco State. He identified the problem for the need of a more effective wheelchair for Toan Nguyen and other disabled people and racers in Vietnam. He created the Roughrider and started the Wheelchair Network that raises money for western foundations to help with the cost of the new wheelchair. His relationship to the community he serves is that he understands the hardship that they endure being disabled. Hotchkiss addressed this issue because he sympathized with racers and the inadequacies in the durability, quality and affordability of wheelchairs they use. The community owns this process because the wheelchair is affordable and high quality. Success is measured by the money they raised and the wheelchairs provided to disabled racers. The evaluative tools were his sympathy, engineering skills and the design of his wheelchair.
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