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Global Focus: New Zealand

Support for social enterprise is growing fast in the host country for this year’s Social Enterprise World Forum. Islay Rackham of Kilmarnock Enterprises and Helene Malandain of the Åkina Foundation are our guides.

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For UNICEF CEO, innovation is the key

Innovation funded by UNICEF is changing the way the charity can protect children and raise funds. Ahead of her appearance at the Social Enterprise World Forum, we got excited about innovation with CEO of UNICEF NZ Vivien Maidaborn.

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Turning disability into possibility

“I have the most amazing job in the world!” says Minnie Baragwanath, founder of Be. Accessible in New Zealand. She will be speaking at the Social Enterprise World Forum in September about her social enterprise journey.

Next stop: New Zealand

Next year’s Social Enterprise World Forum will be held in Christchurch. The host, the Ākina Foundation, believes that bringing the event to New Zealand is a huge opportunity to grow the country’s bubbling social enterprise sector.

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