2. Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to draw upon
business techniques to find solutions to social problems.This
concept may be applied to a variety of organizations with
different sizes, aims, and beliefs. Social entrepreneurs take
into account a positive return to society and typically
attempts to further broad social, cultural, and environmental
goals often associated with the voluntary sector.
3. Charity: Water is a non-profit
organization that provides clean and
safe drinking water to developing nations.
The organization has helped fund 13,641
projects in 22 countries, benefiting over 4.6
million people.
4. From 2004, Scott Harrison committed two years of
his life to the poor and marginalized through
volunteer service. He traced problems surrounding
education, safety, and health back to a lack of clean
water and basic sanitation systems. Harrison then
founded charity: water on September 7, 2006, on
the night of his 31st birthday.
5. CharityWater uses both mainstream
and social media platforms to raise
awareness, including annual galas and events
arranged viaTwitter.The initiative has
received donations from 300,000 individuals
and it provides GPS coordinates and photos
of the wells it builds.
