Amyaz, Kipaya, Sam, Erika, and Sarah at UTC (our lodging) on our official start day 2011.05.26 |
After two days of lovely exploring in Bangalore (veg food, salwar kamiz, monsoon, cockroach, autorickshaw, etc), we began our two days of orientation for GSE. We met with representatives and/or visited the following organizations, discussing how each social enterprise functions and also various topics in social entrepreneurship:
- Sattva (more on them later)
- ivolunteer, which connects volunteers and NGOs in India and worldwide
- Center for Social Initiative and Management (CSIM), which does training for people interested in social enterprise
- Ashoka Foundation, which provides resources for social entrepreneurs
- Selco, which provides alternative energy sources at affordable costs in rural areas
- Industree/Mother Earth, which works with Indian producers to sell environmentally/socially sustainable products
GSE Team and a few Sattva members (yes, there are women- they just left before we took the photo) |
I will post a few more photos when I have more access to the Internet and to my peers' photos (I have not taken too many photos on my own camera). In the meantime, check out SE Wooster's flickr photostream here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/se-wooster/. I took the banana photos.
On Monday I start work at Enable India, an organization that helps disabled adults find employment in a number of awesome ways. I will leave you with two of the few photos I actually have on my camera to give you a sense of what India can look like.
National Market in Bangalore 2011.05.24 |
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Erika, sounds like there is an important call for change being started here. I am impressed and surprised by their tactics to reach laypeople but can't wait to hear about how it turns out! You're doing amazing things here; looking forward to more posts!
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