UEFers learn about Social Impact Business with The Social Enterprise SSVNC

On the morning of June 18th, the UEF Community Connection Center continued to organize the second seminar in the online series LEARN.SHARE.GROW revolving around the topic "Social Impact Business" with experts from the Social Enterprise SSVN.
The speaker of the program was Mr. Ho Thai Binh - Co-Founder, Director of the Social Enterprise of Survival Skills - SSVN, Deputy Director of SiGen Co., Ltd. With experience working in many prestigious organizations as well as having a great interest in social issues, Mr. Binh has been to many countries around the world to learn about the social enterprise model in order to find a sustainable direction for this type of activity.
 
The program which was held online had attracted the interactive participation of more than 300 students and over 3000 video views. This shows that UEFers are always active in community activities. The real-life stories of the speakers themselves have attracted the attention of young people. At the same time, the activity also provided students with knowledge about first aid methods and business models that create social impact through lively transmissions.
 
The main content of the sharing session revolved around two main topics including the story of the establishment and development of SSVN and the peculiarities of building a social enterprise model. According to Mr. Binh, SSVN was born partly from his personal experience, as he has been saved many times by people with these skills, so he is very aware of the importance of first aid skills.
In developed countries, first aid skills are one of the skills that are required and are taught in schools from a very early age (primary level). Currently in Vietnam, first aid skills are also gradually receiving a lot of attention from many organizations/enterprises. With specific examples and impressive statistics, Mr. Binh showed the students that using the right first aid method is a great contributor to reducing the consequences of accidents and saving lives.


 
Because of the actual needs as well as the usefulness of first aid skills, SSVN was born as a solution that is both financially sustainable and contributes many good values ​​to society. With the business philosophy of creating social impact, the Social Enterprise SSVN operates with the goal: Bringing medical knowledge that is easily understood to everyone in order to reduce the fatality rate from accidents. Operating a social enterprise like SSVN also has many unique differences compared to non-profit organizations.
Mr. Binh said: with Social Enterprises, profit is not the ultimate goal of business activities, but it plays a significant role in organizational decisions as well as orientation. In addition, when working for a social enterprise, the motivation to dedicate makes every day at work so enjoyable for him. This creates many different perspectives for students, especially those with a major in economics, about a new type of business.
 
the students' interest was shown through many questions revolving around the topic of first aid. More than 100 questions from the beginning to the end of the program demonstrated many creative perspectives of the students on the topic and by interactive activities, many queries had been answered. Moreover, with the upcoming activities when combined with SSVN, the UEF Community Connection Center hopes to be able to satisfy more of the interests of UEFers.
 

It is known that in June and early July, the UEF Community Connection Center will continue to have new activities to equip more knowledge, skills and strengthen connections for UEF students with community activities, especially the online talkshow series LEARN.SHARE.GROW.