Social Enterprise Family Day-Buffet Lunch

Social Enterprise Family Day-Buffet Lunch

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Posted 2015-04-20 by Vanessafollow

Sun 31 May 2015

GK Melbourne is hosting a Buffet Lunch: Social Enterprise Day with GK Father and Founder, Tito Tony Meloto, accompanied by Fabien Courteille and Thomas Graham on Sunday 31st of May, 2015.Held from 12pm to 5pm at St Paul's Community Centre, this special event will see Mr Meloto present a seminar focusing on GK's growing work in Social Innovation in the Philippines and Asia.The namesake of Mr Meloto's organisation 'Gawad Kalinga' is a Filipino phrase that means "to give care".Officially launched in 2003, GK offers Asia's leading model for building sustainable communities in highly impoverished areas.To date, Gawad Kalinga has created over 2,000 villages in the Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and seeks to extend its template to other countries.
As part of this event, Mr Meloto, who was the recipient of the Social Entrepreneur of the World – World Entrepreneurship Forum in 2012, will present an engaging lecture on the importance of social enterprises for ending poverty by creating inclusive wealth.The event will also feature the participation Fabien Courteille, French Social Entrepreneur of Plush and Play Toys and Thomas Graham, British Journalist and Author of "Genius of the Poor".The new initiative "GKRAFT" will also be launched.All are welcome to attend this special event; bookings are essential.The ticket price is $40 per adult, $35 for seniors and $20 for children from 6 to 18.To reserve your seat, please contact Marisa Vedar on 0425 831 673.For more information on GK or this upcoming event, please visit the #partners ">official website and Facebook .

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