Alisa Society for the Disabled

1. 游剛剛 9673508 楊智鈞 9673512 楊閔翔 9673522 沈意棠 9673524 謝宗晏 930752 Alisa Society for the Disabled

2. Alisa, Alice in its English translation. • A wonderland of possibility for people with disabled.

3. Alisa’s Background • Alisa mean：a wonderland • Conceived：1991 • Founder：Svetlana Mischenko • Place：Ukraine • Mission：social and economic rehabilitation of people with disabilities • Do what：offer vocational training programs with the intention of training people with disabilities.

4. Business venture • A wooden door factory. • A plant that manufactures artificial limbs • A clothing production operation.

5. About Svetlana Mischenko • Teacher of Ukraine College ,Economic College • My children were both quiet and I got bored, so I started the organization

6. Social Enterprise • Alisa Society's Mission: To protect the rights and interests of people with disabilities • "Find extraordinary people with extraordinary ideas and have them implement their ideas. Visionaries will find unique strategies to achieve business goals."

7. Social Enterprise(cont’d)

8. CAP Social Enterprise Program • Counterpart Alliance for Partnership (CAP) • Provide manager with skills and expertise to develop their social enterprises • Before Alias enter CAP’s Social Enterprise program • “It’s true that many NGO leaders are not business entrepreneurs, and we had to learn as we went along. We often felt like we were stumbling in the dark.”

9. Ukrainian Legislation • Social enterprises • Employ people with disabilities may be owned by NGOs • Do not pay business tax on their profits

10. Mischenko’s Dream • Enterprise is a hotel in Kiev where disabled people from around the world can stay • Increase public access for the disabled • Plan to replicate her handicap access toilet prototype throughout Ukraine

11. Challenges • Business management Strong business managers!!! • Financials Finding investment money for start up!!!

12. Business management • The help from CAP • Recruit the right people • Must be “social entrepreneurs” No longer tries to change those who don’t !!!

13. Financials • Reserve fund • Businesses contributes at least five percent • State funding

21. Weight the pros and cons of starting a social enterprise；if the pros only benefit you it’s wrong to start a business.

22. Social Impact • Alisa Society & Vocational Rehabilitation Center • Creation of hundreds of job • Provide a stable source of funding • Employ over 90% disabled people in Alisa’s social activities

23. Business Results • Four of five are disabled in Alisa Society • Trained 130 disabled people • Placed 700 disabled people • Created six self-sufficient social enterprise • Established strategic partnerships • Become less dependent on donor support

24. Key Success Factors • Ambitious and driven executive director • State support for disabilities organizations • Risk-taking organizational culture • Good team • Committed to social enterprise • CAP’s Social Enterprise training program • Strong relations with stakeholders

25. Advice • Mission must first • Supporter and partners • Find business visionaries • Conduct market research and financial projections • Hire a good accountant • Stay involved • Capital • Watch the market

26. Q&A • 如果創業者本身就是障礙者，會不會成為社會企業比較容易成功的因素？ • 1.就同理心而言，創立者本身較為知道其他障礙者的真正需求以及困難。 • 2.社會觀感的認同。 • 3.創立者較為容易得到相關資訊。

27. Q&A • 是什麼原因要讓ALISA如此多角化的經營社會企業？ • 因為障礙者的類型很多、能做的事情各有不同的限制，所以ALISA必須要提供許多工作來給不同類型的障礙者。

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