Social Entrepreneurship in Action: Gered Gereedschap Case

The study examined Gered Gereedschap (GG) case in view of social entrepreneurship venture. Social entrepreneurship is a field where individuals referred to as social entrepreneurs come up with innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. Such individuals possess certain characteristic such as passion, ambition, persistent, courage, practical, resourceful, innovation and are long-term in their vision. GG is a Dutch non-profit organization which has no political or religious affiliation and works through volunteers to collect, clean and repair second hand tools which are sent to Africa and other developing countries to aid vocational training. GG has been doing this work since its inception in 1982 based on the vision of social value creation of Laura Dols the founder. The study concludes that GG is a social entrepreneurship venture with a social mission of assisting vocational training in Africa who lacks adequate tools to undertake such work. The provision of the used tools is a form of aid that has helped to make individuals in Africa acquire life long career which has facilitated income generation, employment creation, etc.

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The Author was born in 1970 in Kitui District, Kenya. He holds MA in Agriculture and Rural Development from UCD (Ireland), MA in INGO (Webster University, the Netherlands) and a PhD candidate at Masinde Muliro University Kenya, in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development. He is widely experienced in community development related matters.