Hi Sue,
Thanks for such an interesting topic.
I believe that supporting countries in poverty to start their own businesses or future investments ,is the best option rather than providing them with food or smaller donations that will last for probably a day. There you will be unlocking the power of business to address global poverty. I'm currently working on a project titled Bendecido Unlocking potential, here is some information about what i domprove awareness and identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations.
What is BUP & BEA?
Bendecido Unlocking Potential (BUP), Promoting innovation by entrepreneurs for nations as well as encouraging individuals to engage them in the creation of wealth. The mission is to improve awareness and identity, develop talents and potential, build human capital and facilitate employability, enhance quality of life and contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations.
Enterprise Association (BEA), which works in partnership with the London borough of Southwark. BEA offers a suitable place dedicated to students, graduates, and unemployed as well as those with a desire to set up their own businesses. Bendecido is committed on supporting the community by playing a big part to ensure that the individuals within the above categories meet to discuss the current issues faced within the current employment environment. Offering a place to share ideas, meeting with potential business partners, financial support, and experience, receive expert advice and support from local businesses
BUP & BEA believes that bringing different entrepreneurs, business leaders, students or unemployed, will allow the sharing of ambitions and goals, and create a starting point of taking businesses and innovative ideas on another level as well as learning from each other. Tamp into expertise that you would not normally get and ideas on how successful business leader create a focused trend.
Some of the areas dealt by BUP & BEA
• Business development
• Work placements & internship
• Innovation research
• Personal development
• Procurement / outsourcing
• Training & workshops
We aim to ensure that every individual is successful by providing assistance by organizing events to support individuals in need. Our approach and the work we do is cantered around our 4 values, to provide 1. Aspiration and motivation 2. Positive role models 3. A stable environment 4. Incentives to progress
BUP & BEA Expected Impact
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• The Project aim to help to identify people who have the potential to run their own business, giving them the training support and investment to make their ideas a reality.
• Increase the awareness, acknowledgement, communication and practices required for the Economic Growth Programme Opportunity, publicly declaring the country's intent to become an enterprising and enabling borough.
• It will include support, workshops and events to encourage residents to start up their own business and will be provided as outreach globally. It will also target young people and those who have become distanced from the labour market encouraging them to think about self employment.
• Busting Barriers to Enterprise - This specifically focuses on identifying the barriers that can often stymie entrepreneurship and ideas that could help to remove these barriers. This will include a document which sets out the barriers that business faces an how to address them through the support programme.
• Growing Our Winners - The project will concentrate on helping our local businesses to grow, with a high proportion of micro businesses in the globally. The introduction of a scheme to consider how we maximise the competitiveness of our businesses and encourage innovation will be key to delivering growth. This will include support and advice around export opportunities and accessing new markets, support for businesses looking to take on more staff, support to expand the business in general.