Philippines-Social Enterprise
Due to dwindling fish stocks, many communities are suffering and need help developing other sources of income.
Business has tremendous potential as a force for good, to tackle poverty, to stimulate local economies, to bring social and environmental improvements and to carry the message of eternal hope to people and places which are often otherwise beyond reach. And because a profitable business is self-sustaining, it can help to bring about sustainable social, economic, environmental, and spiritual transformation.
The ideal candidate will have an entrepreneurial spirit and a business background, and will join the holistic, church-planting team to help find alternative livelihoods for coastal barangays, traditionally dependent on the ocean. Business ideas may include eco-tours, aquaculture, jewelry-making, and more.
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Degree in business, marketing, or another related field.
- Experience with social media, websites, and other tools for selling products online
- Experience living in cross-cultural settings
- Knowledge of the issues that small business owners face in developing countries
- Create jobs and provide dignified work for poor or marginalized communities
- Profitably introduce essential goods or services into an impoverished community
- Model good environmental stewardship, including the wise use of natural resources
- Transfer skills and training, spinning off new businesses and encouraging entrepreneurship
- Through skilled and honest business leadership, become a respected and influential voice in the community
- Model biblical principles and sound business ethics
- Become a witness of Jesus in word and deed in the context of everyday life
- Disciple newer Christians through the organic relationships arising from business activity
- Strengthen the local church, helping to establish new church plants or providing economic stability for believers
- Use some of the business’s profits to fund community or church projects