social enterprises and empowerment
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Social enterprises and empowerment
– or how a “junkie” became a business man
A starting point – Basta Work Co-operative today
Basta stared its activities with five persons 1994 outside Stockholm, Sweden
Basta today is a business group, with four different branches in different parts of the country. Today more than 200 persons work and rehabilitate themselves at Basta
Of these 200 persons 90 percent have their own experiences of earlier drug misuse, and today they are in charge of, and have the responsibility and power over an entire enterprise. The annual turnover is 5,5 million Euros
Self esteem and other crucial concepts in an empowerment processes
Self esteem The importance of the “free will” – To make
your own decisions It is all for real – It´s proper business To recognize what human empowerment
processes may include
What makes empowerment work at Basta?
The life as an active heavy drug user – A target group analysis
The life as an partner in a successful enterprise – A staff analysis
The inter action between rehabilitation and running a social enterprise
A new identity – The main goal of empowerment “trips” at Basta
To change identity – No longer a “junkie”, but a respected member of society
If you want to get in touch with me/us
Alec Carlberg 0046 – 733 94 58 26 [email protected] www.basta.se www.rainbowsweden.se