Dear scholars,
The UN estimated that the economic fallout could push an estimated half a billion people into poverty and take global development progress back three decades, primarily in emerging economies. Under this bad situation, do you think social entrepreneurs are able to help to recovery from the COVID-19 crisis? What they can do during this period?.
Please share your opinion with many thanks in advance.
In my opinion, social entrepreneurs can contribute to fighting Covid-19, including prevention, by disseminating and educating the public.
Thank you all, could anyone share some types of activities that social entrepreneurs can do to help in recovery from covid 19?
Yes! Please see the links below.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/schwab-foundation-covid-response-alliance-social-entrepreneurs-coronavirus-recovery-response/
https://www.asia-pacific.undp.org/content/rbap/en/home/presscenter/articles/2020/four-ways-asia_s-young-social-entrepreneurs-are-responding-to-th.html
https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2020/04/13/social-enterprises-come-together-to-battle-the-covid-19-disruptions/
EXPERT VIEWS-Not 'business as usual': How can social entrepreneurs fight coronavirus?
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I certainly believe that social entrepreneurs have contributed and will continue to engage to fight coronavirus by educating people for self-protection and prevention. They have also managed to collect social fund to provide health appliance and help the needy as a result of layoffs and the high rate of unemployment.
Social e-commerce can play vital by providing their service in online. So that people can buy product from home and stay safe. This is the perfect time for boom e-commerce bussiness.
Social entrepreneurs can raise public awareness and motivate entire community. So for sure, they can provide a lot of benefits in struglle with Covid-19 crisis. They have the vision and spirit to create new opportunities and chances...
Dr Jelena Lukić , your contribution in this discussion is greatly appropriated. Thank you
- Yes, Prof. Jelena Lukić has explained it and I'm in totally agreement with her contribution.
To create awareness and fulfill public demands social entrepreneurs has great role in this crisis moment because of they are acting as resource center of the public’s daily accessories.
Thank you so much Dr Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury , Olanrewaju Akinnawo , Taiwo Alare , for your useful comments in this discussion.
Yes, social entrepreneurs already play a crucial role to increase public awareness and peoples are also getting benefits which is appreciated.
There`s no doubt they can and that they are doing it. Are there a great number of social entrepreneurs working in the support of families without conditions to buy food, to find a job, to go through depression, and rescuing animals which owners are hospitalized with covid. Not to mention, the ones that are measuring the impact of what is happening and identifying new gaps to fulfill.
Hope to have answer properly!
Thank you for sharing your opinion Dr Dhifaf Zeki , Hamid Mohsin Jadah , Md. Mehedi Hassan .
Thank you so much Dr Fabiana Rodrigues Tavares Freitas for ur useful contribution
Ys.. social entrepreneur are playing important role because they have their own set of rules to provide services... Definitely, they must have follow basic government rules regarding safety in pandemic situation. But it will work...
Regards
Dr. Vinaya Tari
Yes, of course, they can. But they have limited resources. Private banks have great resources. But will they want to do social work?
Yes, definitely. Vulnerable and excluded populations are at more risk due to COVID-19 and social entrepreneurs can serve them by solving market and government failures. COVID-19 is a holistic emergency, and the world needs social entrepreneurs right now—hyper-practical, disruptive leaders who discard old-fashioned practices to tackle social problems.
Yes through social support in educating the public about the coronavirus and how to safeguard oneself from it. Real-life stories, celebrity endorsements, and interviews of patients recovered from the virus may also help in emphasizing the importance of using preventive measures.