Promoting Social Enterprises Helping to End Poverty
We created Change Days as online volunteering events to enable ChangeMakers to volunteer their skills and Social Enterprises to get the skills they need in a fun, meaningful and effective way in just a day.
The No Poverty Change Day was our second of 2021! It brought together 30 ChangeMakers with Marketing skills to support 7 of our Social Enterprise Members.
THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
era92 Creative help disadvantaged youth in Africa develop skills in art, design and technology 🇺🇬
Moja create quality underwear with incredible impact: for every pair sold, a pair of underwear or reusable sanitary pad is made locally in Tanzania 🇳🇱 🇹🇿
MOOF-Africa utilize natural resources sustainably through SMART Agriculture in Kenya 🇰🇪
Pixza are an empowerment platform disguised as a pizzeria that seeks to achieve a sustainable inclusion of people in a social abandonment profile 🇲🇽
RoHo work to end poverty amongst our artisans in Kenya through productive, consistent, safe employment, which in turn stimulates the local economy 🇺🇸🇰🇪
TechInclusionUK enable children without a device or internet to access technology 🇬🇧
The Canadian Courage Project bring relief to the homeless youth population and their animal companions 🇨🇦
WHAT HAPPENED
Ahead of the day, the ChangeMakers were matched with a Social Enterprise based on the causes they care about and the skills the Social Enterprises needed.
On the day, they got to work! During the 5 hour session, the ChangeMakers worked in teams to support the Social Enterprises with what they needed, including developing market research, email marketing plans, social media campaigns, marketing strategy and a whole lot more!
At the end of the day, the ChangeMakers and Social Enterprises presented their work together, including the steps they would take beyond the Change Day to grow the impact of the Social Enterprise.
WHAT CHANGEMAKERS THOUGHT
“I am surprised at the amount of change that my team and I were able to make in just a few hours. I never thought that a team would be able to get to know each other, work together, and produce a deliverable in such a short amount of time. All you need to do to make change is be willing to donate a few hours of your time!”
- Katherine
“Such a nice and educating experience. Meeting people from different backgrounds was the best of it but at the end of the day, it was an overwhelming moment to see all the presentations aiming for one goal: Making a change.”
- Ammar
“The Change Day was a great opportunity to volunteer my skills and contribute something good to the world. I connected with lots of amazing people and can't wait to see the impact of my work from today..”
- Christina
WHAT SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THOUGHT
“I, alongside my team, are so thankful we were able to work on our project today with our wonderful volunteers! There were so many aspects of our project we didn't think about before, and we received a tremendous amount of insight to improve our mailer, website and social media campaigns. Thank you to the team behind Change Day and we're so excited to see where we can grow from here!”
- Jacqueline: Social Media Manager, The Canadian Courage Project
“This Change Day has given me a chance to delve into email marketing with experts who offered concrete suggestions I can immediately improve to grow our impact as a company. It was an incredible experience to connect with people across the world and work towards a common goal for several hours. Plus the entire event was well organized and I felt well guided by the We Make Change team.”
- Caleigh: Founder, RoHo
“Here was a day where we could connect with very passionate and talented people and really dig into our challenges as a company. Most importantly though, we developed the ideas and plans to take us forward and create even more impact.”
- Elissa: Founder, Moja
TAKE PART IN THE NEXT!
We’re going to be hosting at least one Change Day each month. Don’t want to miss it?
Take part as an individual: Sign up as a ChangeMaker and receive our weekly newsletter with the latest projects you can join and Change Days coming up!
Bring a Change Day to your company: Get in touch to discuss how we can create your very own Change Day for your company, so you can engage your employees by enabling them to use their skills to make change happen.
Don’t take it from us - take it from a ChangeMaker who experienced it:
“What an incredible day. So impressed with the organisation and loved the Social Enterprise I worked with. We need more of this!” - Yolanda
