Thursday, December 9, 2010

Student Leaders in Community Development


This has been a stellar year for student's in my course truly setting their ideas in motion. In today's edition of Lider Magazine, the story of one such group of young entrepreneurial thinkers appeared which linked both social and financial missions under the title of entrepreneurship. The movement toward sustainable enterprises from all sectors: public, private and non-profit is beginning to build momentum. The story of more than just a chair, Više od Stolice, is being retold via word of mouth and now also being picked in the media. I know that small relatable projects like these which conquer wider social problems, like the lack of access to proper educational environment for children with extra needs, can be solved with incremental but profound steps like those being taken by Martina, Diana, Marko and Mislav-Jure. These students represent the next wave of leaders in our communities and from ZSEM who can and will choose to build sustainable practices into their management strategies. They know how to more effectively catalyze resources and rise to look at existing problems with fresh eyes of opportunity. I also thank many of their peers who support their initiative and join them in the challenge to tackle the relevant issues of today's Croatia with their business acumen, social network and persistence. Cheers to the next generation!

1 comment:

  1. I congratulate my colleagues on the excellent idea and the realization of the project:))
    The project is really worth every effort. Help for children with cerebral palsy is very necessary because they like everyone else wants to live a normal life, to live without prejudice surrounded by love and understanding without the feelings that are different from other children. So that implementation of the "Više od stolice" is the best and most useful gift that these kids can get :)))

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