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SE Befr iender Program

AIESEC in NUS


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About SE Befr iender Progr am

Introduction

In the Singapore context, the social enterprise organizational form currently struggles to attainconstitutive legitimacy . Constitutive legitimation or the process of attaining taken-for-grantednessis a challenge as the level of public awareness of the social enterprise form is low; and variousmarginalized communities continue to be targets of societys prejudice and discrimination. One majorconsequence of this lack of constitutive legitimacy is the difficulty faced by social enterprises inrecruiting managerial and professional talent.

Objectives

AIESEC in NUS SE Befriender Programme aims to facilitate the partnership between these 2groups: less-developed social enterprises and corporate companies.

The SE Befriender Programme allows corporate companies to sponsor an overseas intern fromAIESEC to work for a social enterprise, in Singapore. The rationale behind this is based on the factthat most social enterprises in Singapore lack the capital to hire interns. As such, the corporatecompany would be responsible for the interns food, lodging and salary.

Whats special about this programme is that the intern(s) involved will be from overseas, hailing fromcountries such as Japan, Canada and the UK. Not only will Singaporean social enterprises benefitfrom the extra help the intern would provide, but they would also gain from the interns fresh viewsand opinions, due to his/her completely different background. This would definitely enhance thesocial enterprises potential to excel not only locally, but maybe even internationally.

Corporate companies also stand to benefit from this specially tailored programme. By playing amassive role in this programme, they would be giving themselves an extra edge over other corporatefirms by having a substantially impactful responsibility in this bid to improve our communityspotential in the field of social enterprise.

Social Enterprises

Social enterprises (SEs) are organizations set up to fulfill social purposes. It includes any non-

profit, for-profit or hybrid corporations. In Singapore, social enterprises typically adopt the workintegration model and take the form of enterprises providing training and employment opportunitiesfor various marginalized communities (e.g., ex-offenders, recovering substance abusers, out-of-school youths, people with intellectual, physical and psychiatric disabilities, single mothers with loweducational levels, and people living with HIV).

Social enterprises provide members of marginalized communities with a sustained source of income,improving their quality of life, empowering them, and integrating/reintegrating them into themainstream society. In short, social enterprises differ from traditional business enterprises becausethey operate with a social mission, i.e., meeting the previously unmet economic and social needs ofmarginalized communities.


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Business and/or entrepreneurship

training platform

ITE College East - Business & ServicesPop and Talent Hub Market (Social Innovation

Park)

SENSE (Social Enterprise Network Singapore)

Social Innovation Park

Care Corner Family Service Centre

(Queenstown)

CSR Asia, Earth Gate Global

HeartStrings Engage Ltd.

Highpoint Social Enterprise Ark

HKCSS-HSBC Social Enterprise BusinessCentre

Low income and/or underprivileged families

MINDS Food Enterprise, Shop, Wash, Caf,

Mother and Child

Network of Asian Women,

Radion International,

Singapore Shaw

Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped

- Vocational Training Department,

Suri Salon, Spa, Stitch,

The Society for the Physically Disabled -

Production Workshop and Work Activity Centre

Women Enterprise Works,

Aidha

AMP's Micro Business Programme

Aunty & Aunties Limited, Bloom

Ex-offenders

ISCOSSCORE

Eighteen Chefs

Education/ employment platform

Sinema Academy of Motion Pictures Limited,

Spastic Children's Association of Singapore -

SCAS GRO Workshop

Very Special Arts Singapore Ltd

VillageWorksArk Music School

Barista Express,

Bizlink Centre Singapore Ltd - Business

Development Division

Eco Leadership Training

Immanuel Beauty School,

Special groups of people

Sereen Special Crafts (special art),

World Toilet College

AnnalakshmiBeyond Imagination Pte Ltd (distributes village works)

Big Is Gorgeous

Busy Hands (hearing-impaired artists)

DASE (digital art showcasing),

Elderly care

Singapore Action Group of Elders,

HIV/AIDS awareness

Patient Care Centre,

HealthServe

Social/ community service

Presbyterian Community Services

Castle Beach,

Family Resource & Training Centre,

Environment conscious

Environmental Challenge Organisation Singapore

Envizyme

Grenzone

Social rehabilitation and/ or economicempowerment platform

Hagar Singapore Ltd,

YWCA Fort Canning Lodge,

Heartware Network

Our Netw ork o f Soc ia l En terpr ises


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The following package is in alignment with governmental permits and your needs:


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Through the SE Befriender Program, your company can

Customized Partnership PackagesIn addition to the SE Befriender Program, AIESEC in NUS will collaborate with you for customized partnership packageswhich may include specific involvement in our events, interviewers in our talent selection process or even trainers/advisorsfor our various youth-driven teams with AIESEC in NUS.

Enhance Your Employer and Product BrandingBased in the National University of Singapore with a student population size of over 30,000, we constantly engage youthsthrough our events held all year round. By partnering with AIESEC in NUS, you brand your organization as an employer

and product provider of choice, dedicated to community development.

Contribute to SocietySocial enterprises are organizations set up to fulfill social purposes. By being part of the SE Befriender Program, you areproviding the talents that will utilizes market-based strategies and social innovations to advance a target social cause, in asustainable and scalable way that will make a positive impact on society.

Be Engaged with YouthsAIESEC provides your company assess to unique global talent pool of the brightest young leaders who are responsible,globally- and culturally-minded, and proactive. With our vast Global Learning Environment and numerous leadershipopportunities, AIESECers are equipped not just with the relevant skill set but also the right attitude.


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For sales enquiries, please contact:

Ms. Pushpaleela [email protected]

Ms. Maple [email protected]

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