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Social entrepreneurship
- 1. Social Entrepreneurship Water, the cure for all.
- 2. Mr Manoj Bhargava Manoj Bhargava, born in 1952 in Lucknow, India is one of the world’s richest billionaires with a net worth of over 4 billion dollars. This self-made billionaire accumulated his wealth through starting many companies, most notably- “Five- Hour Energy”. However unlike starstruck everyday people who make it big, Manoj decided to use his wealth to benefit society. He has become an entrepreneur philanthropist and uses his money to make change in the world. He is a social entrepreneur in the field of health. His ventures into providing clean, potable water to all have brought humanity very far. The solution to poor health, simply put, is water. Our body is made up of 70 percent water, so it’s quite important that we have clean water.
- 3. Contributions to society The Hans Foundation is solely supported by the Rural India Charitable Trust, and in five years it has given 300 crore rupee (approximately $48.1 million U.S.). In November 2014, Bhargava committed 500 crore rupee(approximately $80.2 million)to develop villagers in uttarakhand india .In September 2012, Bhargava joined The Giving Pledge. He has pledged 90% of his wealth to charity, with an emphasis on a common sense approach to philanthropy. Instead of simply giving money, Bhargava believes that personal involvement is necessary.
- 4. Why does he do this? He does it to help the poor people and to solve the problem that everyone is facing water.He does it to help the less fortunate not for money nor fame,he has never tried to influence a piece of legislation nor has he asked for anything in return for the donations.Mr manoj has said that he would use 90 percent of this wealth to fund projects to help the poor.
- 5. How many people has he impacted? The charities have funded medical research in the United States and in India.Hospitals for the poor and education for disadvantaged women in rural areas.He is starting a new project, “Billions in change” as his new slogan showing that he has changed the lives of millions. He has helped a lot of villages without clean water and dont even have energy.He also placed many new free hospitals to help health care in the poor areas.
- 6. credits picture in slide 2: http://www.forbes.com/profile/manoj-b Facts 1:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj_Bhargava#5-Hour_Energy Facts 2: http://voices.mckinseyonsociety.com/manoj-bhargava-billionaire-monk-charity/ Done by: SSGT Harsh Hiwase, SGT Rommel Lim and SGT Muthukumar Balaji 58th Boys' Brigade Company, Singapore