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About

We are a social enterprise. Our mission is to

develop social enterprises in Sri Lanka

The Need

Social Enterprise Sector in Sri Lanka is fast growing. “ATH PAVURA” Our signature television show developed in partnership with Lanka Impact Investing Network has proven that there are thousands of talented Social Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka working in diverse sectors trying to solve various social and environmental issues.

They have different needs ranging from business modelling, planning, sales, product design etc. They need impact investment in order to scale up rapidly. Their social, environmental and economic impact need to be measured and reported against global standards. They also need to be recognised and rewarded for their achievements. Policies and systems need to be developed to support the growth of this emerging Social Enterprise sector in Sri Lanka. And we are leading that revolution.

The Vision

Our vision is to have a “thriving social enterprise sector in Sri Lanka by 2025″, with thousands of legally recognised social enterprises, employing hundreds-of-thousands of people, and delivering measured social, environmental and economic impact to Sri Lanka.

In order for us to get there, we need to fulfill the above needs step-by-step, working together with different partners, and be committed to a long term plan. Social Enterprise Lanka is the Hub pulling together local and international stakeholders, and aligning their efforts towards our Shared Vision.

 

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Training

Social Enterprise Workshops

Training Programmes

We offer the following workshops

 

  1. Basic concepts of social entrepreneurship
  2. How to understand a social or environmental issue
  3. How to design a social centered solution
  4. How to develop a business model for your social enterprise
  5. How to develop a business plan for your social enterprise
  6. Marketing and sales for social entrepreneurs
  7. Financial planning, bookkeeping, cash flow management for social entrepreneurs
  8. Legal status and taxation for social entrepreneurs
  9. How to pitch for impact investing
  10. How to measure and report your social impact

 

Each workshop is minimum 4 hours long.

 

For more information please contact mario.dealwis@socialenterprise.lk or shermila.rajapaksha@socialenterprise.lk

Team

World is changed by the

people who believe they can

Eranda Ginige

Eranda Ginige

Founder of Social Enterprise Lanka

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Mario De Alwis

CEO of Social Enterprise Lanka

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සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකයන්ගේ අත්පොත

සාර්ථක සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකයෙක් වීමට මග

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට “සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකත්වය” මුල් වරට හඳුන්වාදුන් පුරෝගාමියා සහ “සෙලංකා” – සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකයන්ගේ කේන්ද්‍රයේ නිර්මාතෘ එරන්ද ගිනිගේ මහතා විසින් රචිත “සාර්ථක සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකයෙක් වීමට මග” – සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකයන්ගේ අත්පොත අප රටේ අනාගත ගමන්මග වෙනස් කරන ප්‍රායෝගික කෘතියකි.

සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකත්වය යනු සමාජයේ හෝ පරිසරයේ හෝ පවතින යම් නිශ්චිත ගැටළුවකට ව්‍යවසායී විසඳුම් ලබා දීමෙන් සමාජ සුබලපෑමක් ඇති කිරීමය. සාම්ප්‍රදායික ව්‍යාපාර, රාජ්‍ය සහ රාජ්‍ය නොවන සංවිධාන ආකෘති පරිවර්තනය කරමින් ලෝකයේ බිහි වෙමින් පවතින සමාජ ව්‍යවසාය විප්ලවය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට හඳුන්වා දීමේ පරමාර්ථයේ ඉතා වැදගත් පියවරක් ලෙස මෙම පොත හැඳින්විය හැකිය.

සමාජ ව්‍යවසායකත්වයේ මූලික සංකල්ප, සමාජ ගැටළුවක් අවබෝධ කර ගැනීම, සමාජ කේන්ද්‍රීය විසඳුම් නිර්මාණය සහ සමාජ ව්‍යවසාය ආකෘති නිර්මාණය ඇතුළු අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කරුණු රැසක් සහ ප්‍රායෝගික මෙවලම්ද මෙම පොතේ ක්‍රමානුකූලව සහ සැකෙවින් සකස් කොට ලියා ඇත.

සමාජ සහ පාරිසරික ගැටළු විසඳීමට උනන්දුවක් ඇති සෑම කෙනෙකුටම  මෙම අත්පොත ඉතා ප්‍රයෝජනවත් වනු ඇත.

ඔබේ නිවසට හෝ කාර්යාලයට තැපැල් මාර්ගයෙන් ගෙන්වා ගැනීමටඅංකය අමතන්න. නැතිනම් SMS හෝ WHATSAPP පණිවිඩයක් එවන්න. නැතිනම් වෙත විද්‍යුත් ලිපියක් එවන්න.

 

**පොත්සැල් වලින් හෝ වෙනත් කිසිදු වෙළඳසැලකින් මිලදී ගත නොහැක.

පොතේ අඩංගු සමාජ ව්‍යවසාය මෙවලම් වල A3 ප්‍රමාණයේ පිටපත මෙතනින් ලබා ගන්න.

එම මෙවලම් භාවිතා කරන ආකාරය පෙන්වන උදාහරණ මෙතනින් ලබා ගන්න.

Services

This is what we do

Organise, Support, Measure, Reward

Ath Pavura ඇත් පවුර அத் பவுர

Ath Pavura is the first TV show to promote social entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. A pioneering initiative to find the hidden entrepreneurs scattered around the country who are solving social and environmental problems through their businesses. An ambitious programme to invest in aspiring social entrepreneurs to kick-start their businesses. And the opportunity of a life time for existing social entrepreneurs to showcase their business on television, and secure investment to jump to the next curve.

Ath Pavura is conceptualised and brought to you by Social Enterprise Lanka and Lanka Impact Investing Network together with Sri Lanka’s best television channel, ITN. Ath Pavura is a national scale programme, and with ITN we are reaching the far corners of the rural most segments where the real gems of Social Entrepreneurs are waiting to be discovered.

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Ath Pavura ඇත් පවුර அத் பவுர

Our title Sponsor is Hatton National Bank, a prestigious commercial bank in Sri Lanka celebrating its 129th Anniversary. Our Official Telecommunications Partner is Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunications service provider. Our Official Education Partner is Horizon Campus, Sri Lanka’s most recognised University Campus. And our Official Print Media Partner is Wijeya Newspapers, Sri Lanka’s No. 1 print media company. We are excited to have the top brands in Sri Lanka working hand-in-hand with us to start the revolution in building a social enterprise sector in Sri Lanka.

Our Support Partners include the Good Market, Sri Lanka’s premier market place for social and responsible businesses, Lanka Social Ventures, the Incubator for social entrepreneurs, and Youth Business Sri Lanka, a member of Youth Business International.

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What is Ath Pavura ඇත් පවුර அத் பவுர

Ath Pavura literally means “Elephant Wall”. Sri Lanka is world famous for its majestic elephants roaming freely across the forests. They are intelligent, social and playful animals. Elephant symbolism is found all around the country and all throughout Sri Lanka’s 2,600 year long history. In the nature, the Tuskers form a wall standing next to each other to protect their young ones.

The Tuskers represent Impact Investors in Sri Lanka, the successful entrepreneurs, the rich and the benevolent, those who have a track record of doing good business. They will be waiting patiently to hear the business pitches of the social entrepreneurs. And social entrepreneurs, the young elephants will face this Wall of Elephants to prove their business idea, its viability, its Impact to the society and the environment.

And if they are successful in convincing the Impact Investors, they will win the investment they seek, right there, on the spot, with a little pat on the back just like how the elephants do. What’s unique about Ath Pavura is that every contestant stands an equal chance to secure the investment they need to start and grow their social business. Please click the Learn More button to visit our website.

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What can you do

If you have an idea for a social enterprise, or if you are already running a social business and want to scale it up, then send us an application right now! This is your moment.

If you know somebody who should take part in Ath Pavura, then share this with them. They deserve it.

If you are an individual or an organisation outside of Sri Lanka working to support social entrepreneurs, then write to us to explore opportunities to collaborate.

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Support

We know you have different needs ranging from business planning, sales, working capital to product design and development.

We, together with our partners provide training and development programmes through seminars, workshops, mentoring, consultancy, and incubation coupled with impact investment.

Talk to us

We are here to support you. The bigger you get, the better for our sector. Tell us your challenges and requirements. We will help you find the right solutions quickly.

Call Eranda on 0772 519910 for more information.

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Measure your Impact

We help you to measure and report your social, environmental and economic impact. Your impact is your most valuable resource to attract customers as well as impact investors.

Tell your story better

We use globally accepted impact measurement tools. They are simple and easy to use. Talk to us to learn more about how you can measure and report your impact.

Call Eranda on 0772 519910 for more information.

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