South Africa Workshop for Social Entrepreneurship - 2008/Reflections/List of Inspirational Factors

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Reward and recognition

  • Hard work is always rewarded

Attitudes

  • Changing attitudes
  • The cleanliness of the offices-this isn’t just another NGO/community project that takes funds and does nothing
  • They are serious about what they are there to do
  • My experience of other projects where there was only a volunteer managed project left me unenthusiastic

Making a difference

  • There are still good people and that the world is not just a senseless wicked place
  • There is opportunity for things to happen
  • It opens doors for disadvantaged learners to also be global (exposure).
  • Increase experiential learning
  • Harnessing potential
  • More female students
  • People’s belief can drive them through the impossible
  • Having to share others experience, problems and successes and how to approach them differently
  • Doing something out of your heart to help other people in the community
  • Communities /School involved in assessing students
  • Against all odds we will make a difference
  • Not limited by lack of resources
  • Fragility of entity/person
  • Any “little bit” helps – more than you think.
  • A little good makes a big difference

Values and mission

  • The passion, dedication and love that CBO’s can do their work
  • The community centre knows what they want and need
  • They have a vision and believe in what they are doing
  • The passion with which the hosts explained their work
  • The willingness to learn by the project owners
  • Passion

Sharing experiences

  • Stories of the challenges they face
  • Stories teach lessons

Sense of purpose

  • They are providing for the community
  • They do whatever they promise to do
  • They are assisting the community
  • It’s inspiring to see the youth giving of their time and skills to such projects
  • Humility-acknowledged comments and concerns
  • The school is real and it most desired to solicit funds/research
  • It accommodated number of people
  • The disabled people are most of the time neglected