” If  the United Nations was fully funded why would we need the Arc or social enterprise”?

After reading the posted articles in the class 20 preparation, I was genuinely pleased to learn about social entrepreneurs and the good they do for communities. These social entrepreneurs aren’t focused on maximizing profits or minimizing cost of production, but rather focused on the bettering of the community and its people. The social entrepreneurs we read about in the class prep saw an issue with society and focused all their efforts into fixing this problem. Social entrepreneurs are much different than other regular entrepreneurs. They are driven by the hope of a better world and the improvement in the quality of life of others as opposed to the maximization of profits and self-benefit.

I believe the world needs programs such as the Arc Initiative, no matter what happens regarding the United Nations. The United Nations may be fully funded, but there is no way for them to touch the lives of all the people around the world that are in need. Society needs social entrepreneurship and Social enterprise programs to generate jobs and benefit everyone involved.   In the article about Salem Kassahun, we were able to see the drive and dedication demonstrated by a social entrepreneur. Salem Kassahun began her business because she saw a problem, and used her skills as a social entrepreneur to generate a solution to this issue. She then had the opportunity to put profits and expansion over her initial goal, but instead decided to maintain high incomes for her employees and hire more women within the community. 

In conclusion, I believe that if more entrepreneurs made moves within struggling communities to better their quality of life, it would benefit the world in a much greater way than the United Nations ever could, even with full funding.