I am Kristof, a member of the new team, eager to participate in the
project and to teach young entrepreneurs in Kenya in August 2012. You
might ask why I am so eager to participate, why I think this is
important and also why the project should be important to you.
In a nutshell it is important for me, because I am convinced that I
was lucky in being born in a place and time which offers me so many
more opportunities than the vast majority of people on this planet. We
often speak about that everyone forges their own destiny. But we often
forget that not everybody is born equal in opportunities, hence those
with more opportunities have more options to forge their destinies.
This privilege should be employed to enhance the opportunities of less
fortunate individuals.
At the same time, I am convinced that everyone carries the ability and
wish to contribute positively to their immediate community and to
society as a whole. Facilitating this notion by supporting the young
entrepreneurs, not only they will be able to support their livelihood
in a better way. It will also support their immediate family by
positively affecting their livelihood, and their community by
providing services and using the profits to buy goods and services
from other entrepreneurs.
Supporting individuals who want to take their destinies into their,
create a way to make a living, and support their community is the
ultimate goal of this project. And this is why this should also be
important to you. It is not donating money to someone to survive for
some time, i.e. it is not charity. The money is used so that less fortunate
individuals can be equipped with the skills, knowledge and means to make a sustainable
living.
