Here are the real life, 'learning by doing' Inspire stories relating to projects engaged creating Employment opportunities for people in their communities around the world. Click on the links on the left of the page for more stories. Do you have a story about how local employment opportunities are helping to make people's lives better or do you know of a project working in this area of expertise? Then why not help to inspire and encourage others by sending the story by email to Libby Brayshaw. |
The coastal region of Tamil Nadu was badly affected by the tsunami with great loss of life, property and infrastructure. People in West Devon, who had links with communities and organisations in the area through local charity Westden and its international programme, wanted to do more than send funds for immediate relief. They set up Tamwed (Tamil Nadu ? West Devon).
Stuart Mackenzie has rebuilt his life and is helping to enhance the lives of others through the creation of an innovative social business called Aquamacs. Unlikely as it may sound, Aquamacs is a multi award winning aquarium rentals and maintenance company, specialising in the installation of high quality aquariums to prestigious businesses and selected clients. Perhaps just as unlikely, Aquamacs is a socially responsible company that invests its profits in local employment creation...
In early November 2005, Partnerships Community Development (PCD hereafter) of Hong Kong, left for Liuzhou city, a three-hour highway-drive away from Nanning, the provincial capital of Guangxi, China, to visit three members of the Agri-Fond Association and to find out in detail about their Community-Supported Agriculture theory.