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 One of our group members, Luciana Grosu from Romania wrote this piece on a social polyclinic - A passionate cardiologist’s foundation and the municipality government have partnered to bring medical services to the city’s poor and homeless. Read the story here.
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Read one of our members', Veronika Munk's story in English about three amazing persons with intellectual disabilities living in downtown Tapolca, Hungary. Two years ago they were confined to a residential institution that accommodates two hundred people, like the twenty thousand other intellectually challenged people in Hungary. These three are the exception, who can live independent, ordinary lives. The original report was published in index.hu. The full story in English here.  The first issue of the Hungarian Forbes magazine ran a 4-page feature story on some top Hungarian social entrepreneurs including Áron Jakab, one of the newly selected Ashoka fellows. He created Fruit of Care to professionalize state employment centers for disabled and radically change how the non-profit sector works with the disabled to conduct business. The article also presents an entrepreneur who employs people in a region in Hungary where unemployment is rampant, and a book publisher for kids who focuses on social issues in her new books. A great example of a good and thoughtful story in Hungarian press. (Accompanying is an op-ed by Attila Mong (Spread! Network).  Kafé Afrika’s coordinator Kofi Nkrumah and his assistant, Gina Mžourek stand in front of the restaurant. Photo: Jenna Moller African café merges two culturesKafé Afrika strives to integrate immigrants, promote cuisine - reported by the Prague Post by Jenna Moller
Kafé Afrika is not your typical café. Maybe it's the upbeat African music floating through the air, maybe it's the friendly "you're very welcome here" greeting, or maybe it's the simple fact that it's one of the only places in Prague where an adventurous tourist or hungry local can find African cuisine. But those aren't the only reasons it is unique. The café is helping people. Kafé Afrika is a product of Humanitas Afrika, a nonprofit organization that aims to build an understanding between Africans and Czechs and educate both groups on each other's cultures. In July, the café opened its doors with a mission to help African immigrants and refugees in Prague get integrated into Czech culture. It is the first African social enterprise project being supported by the EU. More info in the original article. An excellent report on inspiring Polish social entrepreneurs speaking about leadership by Ángel Varela Pena for "Learning World" (Euronews).
We visited Warsaw. There, we met two women from different generations, Sylwia Chutnik (34 years old) and Katarzyna Winkowska (52 years old), who have seem their visionary ideas have a greater impact through the organization Ashoka, the largest international network of social Innovators entrepreneurs. Ashoka supports the work of more than 3,000 entrepreneurs in over 70 countries. Ashoka is in Poland since 1995. Ashoka Polska has 71 Fellows. More info about the story here. |
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