Blogs About "Foundation for Social Change"

Quick note on this Monday, August 15.

Cannot believe it. After months of planning, here we are during the last day of eLife training for the instructors in Barranquilla. We've reviewed the lesson plans and now we're going through the materials needed for the next 8 weeks of programming.

A lot has been accomplished!  The instructors are as enthusiastic as we are about the eLife program, so we've even determined the way...

One of the other exciting things about our eLife initiative in Columbia is that it brings together:

 - The Foundation for Social Change (which created the eLife curriculum)

 - Fundacion Pies Descalzos (which built and operates the public school in Barranquilla where eLife is being implemented as an after-school program)

- SAP 

SAP is visionary in funding this social impact venture - eLife, life and business skills training for girls in Colombia...

A quick update on today's train the trainer session (read my first blog on the eLife initiative and why I'm in Barranquilla, Columbia here).

It's really energizing to be part of these training sessions and to see the enthusiasm for the eLife curriculum.  The eLife instructors are getting really creative and coming up with own ideas for training.  Lots of fun.

And I just spoke with LuzAlba  Paba, Project Coordinator.  The enthusiasm...

 For the next 10 days, I'm in Barranquilla, Columbia "training the trainer" for The Foundation for Social Change's eLife program.

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"The world’s economic recession has given way to a new ethos of commitment by both private enterprise and organizations to “turn social responsibility into social action.” Gone are the days when they wrote a check to show their obligation as good corporate citizens. The demand for social action is coming from employees, clients, stockholders and investors to be more proactive in helping solve the world’s problems." - Foundation for Social Change...

I've just been reading 85 Broads member Natalie Holder-Winfield's recent column in The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/natalie-holderwinfield/the-case-against-corporat_b_701715.html#. As someone I know well, I can feel her passion, exasperation and annoyance in the line:

"...if McDonald's, a Fortune 500 company whose brand relies on greasy fast-food, could find a way to become a good corporate citizen by adding--and profiting from--salads and smoothies, there is very little excuse for any CEO to throw up...

85 Broads is partnering with The Foundation for Social Change. 85 Broads member Louise Guido is the CEO of The Foundation for Social Change - designed to help direct the resources of the private enterprise sector to solve social problems.

The Foundation for Social Change is dedicated to educating businesses that social innovation – social action programs – can benefit both their bottom line and address critical social issues. Their vision:
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