The United Nations is an international organization founded after the Second World War by  many countries committed to maintaining international peace and security, developing friendly relations among nations and promoting social progress, better living standards and human rights. Due to its unique international character, and the powers vested in its founding Charter, the Organization can take action on a wide range of issues and reach every corner of the globe. From my perspective, United Union is a fine international organization offering help when there is a global issue, but not a Third World countries problem. However, when it comes to the situation of undeveloped countries, the UN may not have enough time and effort to assist since there are amount of much more serious issues waiting to be solved. Therefore, that is the reason that we need the Arc Initiative or other social enterprise.

To be more specific, The Arc Initiative is a representative of social enterprise running by the Sauder School of Business and partnering with business people in Canada and students. Its main purpose is to provide solutions to Third World countries’ entrepreneurial business problems to increase economic situation. The Arc Initiative can help the local economy boom and gradually become economically self-efficient, which can bring positive change to the entire society.

Reference:

• http://skollworldforum.org/about/what-is-social-entrepreneurship/
• http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Global_Reach/ARC_Initiative