Speeches Shim
Elena Demodova, the Belarusian founder and head of the Center for Active Ageing was a government official before switching her career to social entrepreneurship after participating in USAID’s Community Connections program (ComCon) in the United States in 2017. The ComCon program annually provides approximately 60 Belarusian professionals an opportunity to visit the United States to exchange best practices in their field and learn about the life and culture of Americans.
After four years of hard work and collaboration, a Belarusian professor turned her vision into a reality by launching the first International Festival of Mediation in Belarus. Since its creation in 2016, the Festival has grown to include more than 300 participants from different countries who gather to discuss current issues in mediation development, share experiences, and establish professional connections for project collaboration.
In 2015, Oksana was inspired to transform her company into a social enterprise. While her children’s toy production business had already incorporated some corporate social responsibility (CSR) principles into its work culture, she wanted to significantly expand its mission. As part of USAID’s Community Connections exchange program, Shevchenko went to Raleigh, North Carolina, to learn about American best practices surrounding social entrepreneurship development. It was only after her visit to the United States that Shevchenko felt empowered to apply the experiences and examples of U.S. social enterprises to her own business in Belarus.
Павел не мог посещать детский сад из-за диагностированного у него в раннем возрасте церебрального паралича. О мальчике, который в 1988 г. родился в Минске, заботились мама и бабушка, а его отец работал слесарем, являясь кормильцем семьи. Как и другие дети с инвалидностью, Павел окончил школу-интернат для детей с особенностями развития.
Любой владелец малого или среднего предприятия мечтает о динамичном росте и расширении своего бизнеса, при этом неизбежно сталкиваясь с реалиями нехватки финансирования в необходимом объеме. С этой проблемой столкнулась и белорусская cлужба доставки еды "Шпаркія вілкі" на самом начальном этапе своего развития.
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