UBC’s Sauder School of Business, where I am studying, set up the Arc program to help address the social issues in developing countries, such as Rwanda, South Africa…etc. The Sauder students and alumni worked together and benefit the population of the participating countries through internship or workshops.
Hence, you may ask, why do the developing countries need Arc since the United Nations takes responsibility and capable of helping them?
Well, the answer is that the work cannot be done by the United Nations only, all the citizens ought to make efforts. The United Nation may be able to offer economic or material aid in short terms, but they are just scratching the surface but not a permanent cure. In order to make lasting impacts, the concept of social entrepreneurship is introduced. The entrepreneurs are not mainly focused on profits; they are interested in creating imaginative ways to settle the social issues from a different perspective. They are actually not businessmen. They are “social men” who work for the impoverished all over the world. Certainly, the continuous expansion of Arc cannot leave with the Government support; it demonstrates that social entrepreneurship is the combination of business, social, political and moral factors. The participants can get the practical experience and know how to manage the limited time and money while their work empowers the entrepreneurs and benefits the developing countries.
The things they have done are more than creating social responsibilities; they are building brighter future for the people in the developing countries. Therefore, we need social entrepreneurs, we need the young business generations’ power to change the world and build a brand-new image of business people.
