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Need direction to become a social enterpreneur. Posted by: Srilatha Kappagantula Polaris Software

November 8, 2005

Hi,

We are a group of people working towards achieving universal primary education in India. As a part of this, we have been supporting some schools that are capable. We realized that , education in itself is not sufficient . If we could provide some way to alleviate the people from poverty, it would become a sustainable model. We are brooding over offering some vocational courses also, along with education , to bring the kids out of poverty. In one of our schools, we have seen children making good paper bags that could be used by shops/ commercial establishments. The quality of the product seems to be good, however the cost price is not competitive. There are some more art pieces like flowere vases etc which seem marketable. Now, the question in front of us, is how to market them. Since all of us are new to enterpreneurship, we are in a fix as to how to establish the supply chain.

Would be great if you can give suggestions, on how we could proceed. Thanks Srilatha Kappagantula