Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations case study of the Kibera slum project

The aim of this study is to explore social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations. The purpose is to find out how social resilience can be built through entrepreneurial activities. The issue is explored in a self-help organization in the Kibera slum. The intention is to con...

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Main Author: Kuusikko, Noora
Other Authors: Yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Social Sciences, Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja filosofian laitos, Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2011
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description The aim of this study is to explore social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations. The purpose is to find out how social resilience can be built through entrepreneurial activities. The issue is explored in a self-help organization in the Kibera slum. The intention is to contribute on the discussion on the best practises of self-help organization and the key elements behind their success or failure in developing countries. The thesis is divided into two main parts: the first one presents the key terms and a literary review on the concepts of social resilience and civic entrepreneurship. The second part is a case study on the cooperation of two non-governmental organizations in Nairobi Kibera. The two organizations are a local self-help organization Drug Fighters and Councelling for Young Generation (DFC) and a Finnish development organization Mikkeli Fair Trade Association (Kema). The second part of the study is originally written as a base-line study to the financer organization. Other area of interest in this study is networking, which is inevitable for building social resilience in small self –help organization in the slum. The findings of this study indicate that major reasons behind DFC’s success are the entrepreneurial skills of the director and founder of the organization. The organization contributes effectively to community resilience. It became evident that without social resilience it would be impossible for an organization to survive in the slum environment. In building social resilience the creative thinking and civic entrepreneurship are essential.
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title Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project
title_alt Case study of the Kibera slum project
title_full Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project
title_fullStr Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project
title_full_unstemmed Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project
title_short Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations
title_sort social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self help organizations case study of the kibera slum project
title_sub case study of the Kibera slum project
title_txtP Social resilience and civic entrepreneurship in self-help organizations : case study of the Kibera slum project
topic poverty slum self-help sustainable livelihood social resilience social vulnerability civic entrepreneurship Yhteiskuntapolitiikka Kansainvälinen kehitystyö (maisteriohjelma) Social Policy Master's Degree Programme in Development and International Cooperation 209 211 köyhyys slummit itseapu sosiaalinen kestävyys kehitysmaat kansalaisjärjestöt yrittäjyys yhteiskunnallinen yrittäjyys sietokyky Nairobi
topic_facet 209 211 Kansainvälinen kehitystyö (maisteriohjelma) Master's Degree Programme in Development and International Cooperation Nairobi Social Policy Yhteiskuntapolitiikka civic entrepreneurship itseapu kansalaisjärjestöt kehitysmaat köyhyys poverty self-help sietokyky slum slummit social resilience social vulnerability sosiaalinen kestävyys sustainable livelihood yhteiskunnallinen yrittäjyys yrittäjyys
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