Bing was in her forties and was finding it a struggle to provide for her ten children on the unstable incomes earned by herself and her husband. They lived in a run-down home and were one of the poorest families in their community. When Bing started sewing bags for Work of Your Hand, she found that the extra income allowed her to start meeting the basic needs of her family. Today, Bing and her family have moved into a nicer home and she is now president of the local housing committee. She is also actively helping others find their way out of poverty by teaching them how to sew. Bing has found hope.
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Educating For Social Entrepreneurship by David Iremadz
In 1985, British athlete and entrepreneur Trevor Baylis, corporate finance expert Christopher Stainer, and South African entrepreneur Rory Stear teamed up to launch BayGen Product PTY – a low-tech, low-cost wind-up radio product created and produced by a company in Cape Town, South Africa. The social goal behind this enterprise was as follows:
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