Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Social Entrepreneur...a change agent of society.

Wikipedia reads “a social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change without necessarily seeking business return”. And social entrepreneurship is the work of a social entrepreneur. Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a social entrepreneur assesses success in terms of the impact s/he has on society. Social entrepreneurs often work through nonprofits and citizen groups, many of them work in the private and governmental sectors to change society for the better. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations, their work is targeted not only towards immediate, small-scale effects, but sweeping, long-term change.

Florence Nightingale (U.K.), founder of the first nursing school and developer of modern nursing practices, is the most striking example of social entrepreneur. Maria Montessori, the first female physician in Italy, began working with children in 1906 and created a revolutionary education method that supports each individual child's unique development. Montessori schools allow each child to realize his or her full potential by fostering social skills, emotional growth and physical coordination, in addition to cognitive preparation.

"Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems. They view the villagers as the solution, not the passive beneficiary. They begin with the assumption of competence and unleash resources in the communities they're serving." David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

In today’s world, most people are selfish, cunning and enjoy dominating others. The big problem is to make them realize the actual problems of needy people. People should be motivated towards the social entrepreneurship from their early childhood rather than bare business and the government should provide favorable environment to grow up them. The social entrepreneurs have very important role to alleviate poverty which is severe in the developing countries like Nepal.
Let’s get social and make others smile. The true value of life is measured by what we give to the society.

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