1: (a) Type of social intervention: The Salaam Wanita project employs the Work Integration Social Enterprise (WISE) model, making use of a product as the choice social intervention. Salaam Wanita provides employment for the disadvantaged women by training them to weave baskets, and then paying them at least half of the revenue from the selling of the baskets.
(b) Value Propositions: Firstly, for the social value proposition, Salaam Wanita 's beneficiaries, who are the disadvantaged women, can become empowered individuals who are able to leverage on their skills and from there, remain employed. This is done through the skills and knowledge they receive regarding basket weaving, as well as in terms of keeping up with advances in ICT and in …show more content…
It is extremely challenging for the project to approach the Malaysian authorities, however, for they tend to offer minimal support for social entrepreneurships.
(h) Cost structure: At least 50% of any proceeds from the sale of the products were used for the wages of the weavers. As such, wages for weavers alone made up 50% of the cost structure. Most of the other 50% was used to fund the administrative costs, marketing, and logistical expenditures.
(i) Revenue: Salaam Wanita 's main revenue stream arises from the sale of the baskets that the project 's beneficiaries weave. Other sources of funding include grants such as one offered by an ICT Incubator, Cradle Sdn …show more content…
As these organisations target a similar beneficiary, by working with them, Sheau Ching can gain further insights into disadvantaged women in Singapore, as well as gain the relevant resouces required to help Salaam Wanita 's beneficiaries. On top of that, there are various grants available that Sheau Ching can set about applying for, such as the various grants offered by the Singapore Centre for Social Entreprise (raiSE), as well as the DBS Foundation 's Social Enterprise Grants. These funds are specially for Social Enterprises, and would thus be easier for Sheau Ching to obtain as compared to the grant options she would have in Malaysia. Secondly, Sheau Ching would need to look into innovating the products she has been offering to customers to attract return customers, which is important to the sustainability of the business. This would be necessary considering that the market research revealed that majority of the surveyed would likely only make a one-time purchase. As such, for the business to be sustainable, Sheau Ching would need to look into innovating the current products to make them more applicable for customers to continue making repeat
(b) Value Propositions: Firstly, for the social value proposition, Salaam Wanita 's beneficiaries, who are the disadvantaged women, can become empowered individuals who are able to leverage on their skills and from there, remain employed. This is done through the skills and knowledge they receive regarding basket weaving, as well as in terms of keeping up with advances in ICT and in …show more content…
It is extremely challenging for the project to approach the Malaysian authorities, however, for they tend to offer minimal support for social entrepreneurships.
(h) Cost structure: At least 50% of any proceeds from the sale of the products were used for the wages of the weavers. As such, wages for weavers alone made up 50% of the cost structure. Most of the other 50% was used to fund the administrative costs, marketing, and logistical expenditures.
(i) Revenue: Salaam Wanita 's main revenue stream arises from the sale of the baskets that the project 's beneficiaries weave. Other sources of funding include grants such as one offered by an ICT Incubator, Cradle Sdn …show more content…
As these organisations target a similar beneficiary, by working with them, Sheau Ching can gain further insights into disadvantaged women in Singapore, as well as gain the relevant resouces required to help Salaam Wanita 's beneficiaries. On top of that, there are various grants available that Sheau Ching can set about applying for, such as the various grants offered by the Singapore Centre for Social Entreprise (raiSE), as well as the DBS Foundation 's Social Enterprise Grants. These funds are specially for Social Enterprises, and would thus be easier for Sheau Ching to obtain as compared to the grant options she would have in Malaysia. Secondly, Sheau Ching would need to look into innovating the products she has been offering to customers to attract return customers, which is important to the sustainability of the business. This would be necessary considering that the market research revealed that majority of the surveyed would likely only make a one-time purchase. As such, for the business to be sustainable, Sheau Ching would need to look into innovating the current products to make them more applicable for customers to continue making repeat