EPISODE · Sep 26, 2021 · 39 MIN
119. Combining Education & Entrepreneurial Skills for Success with Nik Kafka
from Learning Unboxed · host Annalies Corbin & NOVA Media
What happens when social enterprise meets education and opportunity? A whole lot of good.Nik Kafka is the Chief Executive and Founder of Teach A Man To Fish, a charity he founded after leaving a successful banking career. He discovered an innovative school in Paraguay that was aiming not only to teach the poor how to become rural entrepreneurs, but to do so as a self-financing enterprise. He helped transform the school and turn it into a replicable model which turned into Teach A Man To Fish.We hear all the time about what isn’t working in our education system – and yet there are examples of successful models out there in the world. We need to learn to capture what they are doing right and replicate them as possible in a variety of ways.To learn more, visit: pastfoundation.orgResources:teachamantofish.org.ukschoolenterprisechallenge.orgLearning Unboxed is produced in part by Crate MediaRecorded by Eric French at WOSU Studios in Columbus, Ohio
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We hear all the time about what isn’t working in our education system – and yet there are examples of successful models out there in the world. We need to learn to capture what they are doing right and replicate them as possible in a variety of ways. Nik Kafka of Teach A Man To Fish shares how his nonprofit helps prepare students for independent living.
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