All around the world, members of Enactus are using their skills and knowledge to conduct social and ecological projects. Their goal is to create sustainable advantages for socially disadvantaged people via entrepreneurial activities.
At the international project competition of the organization, teams from all regions of the world are presenting their work and competing against each other. This year, the event will take place from October 22 to October 24 at Beijing. As winners of the national cup, the Enactus Mannheim team will be representing Germany at this exciting contest!
Enactus Mannheim is one of 41 Enactus teams at German Universities. Right now, they are conducting 9 different projects. At the project "Fluchthelfer", inmates of a prison at Bruchsal are recycling broken bycicles to make them sellable again. This work gives the inmates a challenging acitvity during their imprisonment and thereby increases their chance of social rehabilitation. Another project example is "Autipreneur", an experiment to found a company with autistic people. It is meant to fight the high umemployment rate among autists, who often struggle to find jobs though they are notably gifted. The reason is that they have special requirements at their workplace, which will be met at the "Autipreneur" company.
You would like to join Enactus? Take a look at http://unimannheim.enactus.de/.
