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Social Entrepreneurship
GK Social Entrepreneurship envisions a prosperous Philippines where no citizen is in need. It aims to create wealth by providing world-class products and services through building up the family and the community, enabled by private-public partnerships where rich and poor can work together to build a strong middle class."
WHY WE DO THIS
Economic development in the Philippines has left a majority of our countrymen behind. Whatever small economic benefits there may have been in the last century have been felt only by a very select few. The country has not moved forward in innovation and production, and instead, has increasingly relied on importing almost everything and exporting Filipino workers. How can a country so blessed in natural resources be so lacking in production?
With the growing number of Gawad Kalinga communities, GKonomics seeks to develop innovative social and business enterprises that will tap and harness the resources available in GK communities in the Philippines and the vast global GK network. GKonomics aims to help make the Philippines a country of producers of world-class products and services without leaving the poor behind.
HOW WE DO IT
GKonomics works hand in hand with GK residents, partners, and volunteers to develop world-class, marketable, and eco-friendly products and services. GKonomics also helps facilitate distribution channels for these products and services.
In the process, GKonomics helps build sustainable business enterprises that commit to either (1) partner with a GK community, (2) employ GK residents, (3) include GK communities in their supply chain, and/or (4) donate at least 10% of their net income to GK.
GK residents provide the underlying foundation for the success of any GKonomics enterprise. They are like diamonds in the rough whose great potential is simply waiting to be developed and tapped.
GKonomics brings together partners and volunteers who would bring out the value of these valuable diamonds in the rough. These partners and volunteers share their expertise, time, talent, and treasure to mentor and guide the GK residents and the community enterprises.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
You can help by simply becoming a GKonomics partner or volunteer through the following ways:
Be a GKonomics Partner:
1. Develop village products.
a) Help us improve the quality of existing village products.
b) Help us develop new and exciting products.
2. Find and create new markets for village products.
a) Retail
b) Wholesale
c) Export
3. Start a social enterprise.
4. Contribute to the venture capital fund.
5. Employ GK residents in your business.
6. Include GK villages in your supply chain by getting your raw materials from them or subcontracting with them.
7. Purchase GKonomics products.
Be a GKonomics Volunteer:
1. Help generate awareness about GKonomics’ mission.
2. Help attract new partners.
3. Help us improve our support structure.
Interested in volunteering and partnering with GKonomics? Please contact us at: info@gkonomics.com
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