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The Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK, which is an affiliate of this Centre, has introduced the S.I. Leadership Award for application by the CUHK students and alumni who are interested in social innovation. Through training, mentorship and competition, this award scheme encourages participants to advance existing services or products to meet social needs. In this academic year, a total of 21 teams have enrolled to compete for the S.I. Leadership Award. The winning projects will each receive a maximum of HK$160,000 as seed money to develop their services or products in an innovative way.
The “S.I. Leadership Workshop (II)”, which is tailored for participants of the S.I. Leadership Award, covers various topics. It facilitates participants’ gain of more in-depth knowledge of the underprivileged and help them adopt people-oriented approach to address social challenges. Originally scheduled for January - March, this activity has been postponed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Details will be announced in due course.
For more information about the Yunus Social Business Centre@CUHK, please click here. If there is any enquiry, please contact Mr. Sin at 3943 3229 (Tel) or ysbc@cuhk.edu.hk (Email). |
