About Us
Social Entrepreneurs International (SE International) is an organization that aims to alleviate poverty and socio-economic challenges faced in Africa, the United States, and worldwide through promoting innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship. We offer technical and financial services, accessibility to information, and capital to support small and mid-sized businesses, connections with non-government, government-affiliated, and faith-based organizations, and education efforts in rural, urban, and relief settings. Our core values include nurturing, modernization, honesty and integrity, resilience, competence, transparency and fairness, and building partnerships. We believe in supporting social entrepreneurs, fostering innovative ideas, promoting self-sufficiency in women and youth, and thorough research and planning on socio-economic issues. Our approach is based on promoting innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship for local governance, private companies, government institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, schools, women, and the youth, while encouraging effective partnership and promoting integrative, innovative, sustainable, and participatory approaches. Our objectives include empowering aspiring entrepreneurs to open businesses that improve accessible healthcare, food security and nutrition, environmental sustainability, WASH, construction, education, energy allocation, tourism, and professional and cultural exchanges, reducing health-related disparities, creating an enabling environment for the development of SMEs, providing technical and financial support, and mobilizing resources to support project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, and lobbying.
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“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
Leo Buscaglia
Our Mission
The mission of Social Entrepreneurs (SE) International is to improve some of the most demanding socio-economic challenges faced in Africa, the United States, and worldwide. SE-International harnesses culture, education, leadership, entrepreneurial guidance, innovation, and technology to drive relief and development strategies. SE-International’s programs include technical and financial services, accessibility to information, capital to support small and mid-sized businesses (SMEs), connections with non-government, government-affiliated, and faith-based organizations, and education efforts in rural, urban, and relief settings. These initiatives empower aspiring entrepreneurs to open businesses that improve accessible healthcare, food, and nutrition, environmental sustainability, WASH security, construction, education, energy allocation, tourism, and cultural exchange.
Our Vision
Facilitate an environment that boosts innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship in rural, urban, and relief settings. Promote cultural exchanges, education efforts, and technology awareness in the hope of lessening poverty and posing solutions to some of the most challenging problems in Africa, the United States, and worldwide.
Our Core Values
The core values and beliefs governing SE-International’s operations and relationships with stakeholders include: •Nurture - We create an encouraging and supportive environment when partnering with faith-based organizations, government institutions, private companies, non-government organizations (NGOs), schools, prospective clients, and employees. •Modernization - We foster innovative ideas and solutions to deliver unique customer service. •Honesty and Integrity - We pride ourselves on our organizational culture that emphasizes honesty and truthfulness across all decisions. •Resilience - We are resilient in our efforts to achieve outstanding results. •Competence - We have a dedicated, competent, and hardworking workforce. •Transparency and Fairness – Our organization consistently meets the highest standards of dependability in order to earn the trust of our clients and stakeholders. •Building Partnerships - We strive to build effective partnerships for innovations that affect global change and that align with institutions that share our passion and mission for socio-economic change.
SE International Beliefs
We believe that supporting the development of social entrepreneurs will lead to needed social change. By using entrepreneurial principles, we can organize, create, and manage these changes. Innovation and the acquisition of appropriate technology are fundamental components to enhancing social entrepreneurs’ understanding and appreciation of social, cultural, and environmental goals. •We believe that a robust private sector is the cornerstone of resilient economies and stable countries. •We believe that innovative ideas can aid the alleviation of poverty through the promotion and advocacy of entrepreneurship development in students, post-graduates, and within communities. •We believe that supporting entrepreneurship and self-sufficiency in women and the youth reduces the risk of social injustices and violence within their families and respective communities. By strengthening democracy and peace, we can also ensure sustainable social, economic, and environmental development. •We believe that communities and families become stronger and wealthier when they receive the entrepreneurship guidance and support necessary to run a successful business. •We believe that thorough research and planning on socio-economic issues should be at the core of all decision-making and business development initiatives. •We believe that small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), innovation, and applied technologies foster career opportunities that reduce the severity of socio-economic disparities, violence, migration, and poverty. •We believe that promoting and guiding entrepreneurship in weakened states encourages peace, good governance, democracy, and transparency. •We believe that professionalism, partnership, transparency, best practices, and lessons learned among development partners are integral components for successful entrepreneurs and sustainable socio-economic development. •We believe that effective partnership, accountability, and the exchange of knowledge within schools, government institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), and faith-based organizations foster innovation, technology acquisition and creation, and free enterprise development, resulting in sustainable socio-economic development. •We believe that universal and low-cost health care systems are core components for prosperity, success, and a healthy lifestyle. Public health directly corresponds to public wealth.
Approaches and Methodologies
The SE-International global approach is based on promoting innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship for local governance, private companies, government institutions, non-government organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, schools, women, and the youth. •We encourage effective partnership between SE International, and government institutions, private companies, non-government organizations (NGOs), faith-based organizations, schools, research institutions, and individuals. •We promote integrative, innovative, sustainable, and participatory approaches that emphasize gender-based strategies, public-private partnerships, and the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and best practices between development partners.
SE International Objectives
1.Empower aspiring entrepreneurs to open businesses that improve accessible healthcare, food security & nutrition, environmental sustainability, WASH, construction, education, energy allocation, tourism, and professional & cultural exchanges. 2.Reduce the risk of health-related disparities and provide appropriate health services to women, children, minorities, and rural communities through public health programs and projects. 3.Create an enabling environment for the development of SMEs, MFIs, and VSLA-plus. 4.Provide technical and financial support, to include marketing skills trainings, to SMEs. 5.Develop and maintain the partnerships between SE-International and Diaspora communities and SMEs in the United States. 6.Mobilize resources and provide technical support to local and national NGOs in project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, organizational development, and lobbying. 7.Coordinate efforts to reduce poverty, fortify prosperity, and generate opportunities for communities. 8.Work with international development institutions, universities, and research centers to implement educational, cultural, and professional exchange—to include USA-Africa Green Center, USA-Africa Affordable Housing, Food for All, and Modern Youth Farmers’ programs—between the United States, Europe, and African countries. 9.Incentivize youth to become innovation and entrepreneurship practitioners and educators through technical and professional exchange programs with private and government institutions in Europe, Asia, and the United States. 10.Encourage youth and Women to become Peace, Reconciliation and Public Health Ambassadors. 11.Strengthen the capacity of local stakeholders in leadership, good governance policy development and project design, and policy and project implementation and evaluation to support their communities’ socio-economic initiatives.