Kick-off the OPEN DIVERSITY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP STREAM in Dubai

1. Open Diversity
Dubai - Social Entrepreneurship STREAM Kick-off
@ The Shelter
Feb. 15.2010
info@baraka.ae
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2. 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.
• A triple bottom line approach
• Some work in non-profits and citizen
groups, others work in government and
private sectors
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3. AIDS in Africa
40.2 m
Africa Refugees
5.4 m
Africa
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4. Education in Africa
196 m
Health in Africa
199 m
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5. Deforestation in Africa
4.7 m
Aid to Africa
89.4 m
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6. S.E. in Africa
1.8 m
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7. Volunteer in Africa
13.7 m
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8. Celebrities for Africa
2.03 m
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9. WANA ... Heading towards a similar
reality
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10. Urban Sprawl MidEast
11k
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11. Refugees MidEast
5.3 m
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12. Water Shortage
280k
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13. Celebrities for MidEast
1.0 m
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14. Youth Education
2.2m
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15. S.E. Middle East
400k
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16. 1970s
GCC
A different set
of issues
2009
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17. 1991
Today 17

18. GCC Education
583k
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19. GCC Local Minorities
4.6k
GCC threatened culture
196k
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20. GCC Pollution
300k
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21. GCC Natural Resource Scarcity
20k
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22. GCC Obesity
1.0 m
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23. GCC Domestic Violence
31k
GCC Marginalized
Communities 3k
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24. GCC Volunteers
300k
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25. S.E. GCC 219k
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26. Internet Coverage...
Africa GCC
Volunteering 13.7m 300k
Health 196m 1m
Education 199m 583k
S.E. 1.8m 219k
Social Issues 29.6m 230k
Celebs for S.E. 2.3m 3k
Enviro Issues 89.4m 300k
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27. So where do we go
from here?
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28. S.E. GCC -
Opportunities
• Sports, Awareness on F&B, Consumer Lobby
Organizations
• Mentoring Programs, Awareness Campaigns for
Education, Employment opportunities befitting of
skills-sets
• Integration programs, support in documenting
history
• Educational civic programs..
• Environmental programs in schools.. awareness
raising
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29. S.E. GCC
• Cross - border Collaboration
• Public - Private Sector collaboration
• Mobilizing women in S.E.
• The power of CSR
• Connecting social entrepreneurs
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30. Survey Results
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