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

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Interrelationships and sense of community

  • Relationships forged with other institutions
  • People so prepared to help other selflessly even with a lack of resources
  • Willingness of ordinary people to volunteer their services
  • Community ownership
  • We are affirmed in our partnerships
  • The visit exposed me to the community in an action program
  • Community partnerships with the volunteers serving on the project

Learning experience – university /student/community triad

  • Teacher student interaction
  • Discussion around student-university engagement
  • Exchange program of foreign students
  • Experiential learning
  • Community/school relationship with university

Leadership

  • Principals’ energy and enthusiasm
  • Commitment of the team leader and her team
  • Demoralized principal – unimaginative projects
  • The social entrepreneur is the common thread
  • Committed principal
  • Principal is charismatic, innovative leader
  • Spirit and attitude of the headmaster
  • Leader – an inspirational angel
  • Headmistress’s humility in handling some interrogative questions and comments

Underlying values

  • They do not abandon hope
  • The holistic approach to the work they are doing
  • Incentivised social entrepreneur
  • Passion and commitment
  • Perserverance of people involved
  • Sympathy
  • Positiveness and Faith

Pride and sense of purpose

  • The progress and achievement in their work to date
  • People doing great things regardless of circumstances
  • Pride in own achievement
  • We have to make this work
  • The focus group for disabled people
  • The way the program was described– very important in the community
  • The work and activities - being second in the nutrition awards

Resources

  • Specialised computers
  • A dedicated and paid project facilitator/coordinator
  • The number projects undertaken
  • How communities can do so much with little or no facilities and funding