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Kenan Pala – Kids4Community

Posted by petschkeRA22 
· Monday, October 17th, 2022 
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Kenan Pala is the child of two Turkish immigrants (as of 1998) and was only 11 when he got an idea for a business. On a run at the beach with his father, Kenan saw passerbys trying to help a stranded seal. When he was being driven home, Kenan saw a poverty-stricken person asking for help. No one stopped to help. Struck by the comparison, Kenan researched homelessness in his home city San Diego and found it was #4 in the nation for highest homelessness rates. Kenan wanted to do something.

His opportunity arose in 2016 when he and his friends broke the Guiness World Record for the largest cardboard mosaic to raise awareness for local homelessness. Empowered by his success, Kenan created his charity Kids4Community in 2017.

Kids4Community is a charity that seeks to aid the homeless. Volunteers do things such as make meals for shelters and create programs which educate people of all ages about homelessness and the dangers of substance abuse. Kids4Community also aided hurricane and natural disaster victims with hygiene kids, as well as sending 400 low-income elementary school kids backpacks with school supplies. The charity is also responsible for organizing the cleaning of Mission Bay and supplying a local homeless shelter with 2,000 stockings in December 2017.

Due to this, Kenan was named one of the top 10 youth volunteers in the country in 2017 by the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Additionally, in 2018, the mayor of San Diego named January 23rd “Kenan Pala day.”

On top of his charity and accolades, Kenan is a fantastic runner who is not easily fazed by success. In 2018, he ran in the San Diego Rock ’n’ Roll Half Marathon, winning the boys 15-17 age division with a mile average of 5:57. Kenan runs a shocking 40-70 miles a week, often waking up at 4:30 AM to get started. Since he loves running, it’s no surprise he would use it to fundraise for his charity. Kenan hosted a 5k event to raise money to a housing program. He hopes to raise money for Kids4Community by running in the future, as well as run for Stanford University. Kenan even hopes that one day he might run in the Olympics in the 5,000 meters.

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Categories : Athletics, Charity, Education, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Kids, Male Entrepreneurs, Running, Social Entrepreneur, Social Impact, Sports, Teen Entrepreneurs, Youngest Entrepreneurs

The Esther Home

Posted by MantzellBL18 
· Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 
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There are multiple rehab programs for people struggling with addictions, all differently structured, and the impact that these rehab programs are having on people is crucial. The Esther Home for Women can be found in Warren, Ohio and was described as “an alternative path to rehab where women are able to live, receive counseling and build a spiritual relationship with God in a structured environment,” by executive director, April Mack.

The home has been opened since the summer of 2016 and is modeled after a program that was started 17 years ago in Georgia  by Tammi McKinney. McKinney’s program has helped over 100 women re-establish themselves into society, and she is now involved with the Esther Home, hoping to aid in making the same impact in Ohio.

The Esther Home sits on a beautiful property of eight acres and once was a desolate house in desperate need of a major renovation. With the help of Project 180, a non-profit organization, $800,000 in renovations were poured into the house, making it comfortable and “home-like” for 12 residents and two staff members.

Women who struggle with drug, alcohol and other addictions live at the house for seven months while receiving counseling and parenting classes. For the following seven months after their stay, women stay connected to the program with mentorship and counseling services. The model revolves around a long-term goal to love these women through the entirety of their trials, most importantly through the love that God first showed for his people. Mack said, “We help the women get back into society in a healthy way. This home is a place of hope for them. We show them there is hope as we build their confidence… We want the women living here to discover who God created them to be. We want to talk about their futures.”

The Esther Home is hoping to work with children in foster care who have been affected by assorted addictions in the future and donations are greatly appreciated. The Esther Home is an example of a social/redemptive enterprise that sees no end to the impact that they could have for the Kingdom of God, bringing women into a place of hope, love and redemption.

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Project 180 has a Facebook Page that provides more information about the Esther Home and how volunteers can help, even during the pandemic. Check it out for more information @ https://www.facebook.com/Project-180-1147858808627411/

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Categories : Housing, Mentorship, Ministry, Redemptive Entrepreneurship

Sustainable Walls: How a 26 year old Provides the house that keeps on giving

Posted by Odonnellbg17 
· Thursday, November 19th, 2020 
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Where are you most comfortable at? My guess would be that many people would say they are most comfortable in their own bedrooms. What if I told you that there is a potential that you could bring your room with you wherever you leave? You would probably think that was something of the si-fi future. Well Ged Finch, a 26 year old austraillian entrepreneur, is working to make that a reality.

Ged Finch is studying to obtain his PhD at Victoria University’s School of Architecture in Wellington, Austrailia. He has created a resuasable X-Frame structural framing system. This system can reduce construction waste from a single home, up to 5 tons of waste! Finch says his design was picked up this year by the Australian commercial accelerator programme, which was looking for circular economy models. “They found X-Frame and were very keen to be involved, and, subsequently, we have had a lot of success in Adelaide.” Finch is actually up for a potential award at the Sustainable Business Awards, that will be annouced tonight! The team has built more demonstration projects, completed several office fit-outs, and is about to build a large house that will be completed by Christmas. Good luck to Ged Finch at the awards and in his upcoming ventures.

All information found at https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/latest/123404201/young-entrepreneurs-sustainable-wall-system-provides-a-house-that-keeps-on-giving

 

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Millionaire House Flipper

Posted by martinnm18 
· Monday, November 2nd, 2020 
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Akshay Ruparelia is just your regular 19 year old millionaire from North East London. While moving with his family, he found that commission rates that estate agents charge in London are outrageous, charging up to 2-3% for the sale. Ruparelia wanted to change this, so he did as any 19 year old would do, he made a website. His website, Doorsteps, only charges 99 pounds, compared to an average of 10,000 pounds for an estate agent. After just over a year, the website is now worth 12 million pounds, which is just incredible. His first sale came from someone who just stumbled upon the website in East Sussex, after proving the model worked, the same person sold more land through the website. In total, he has sold 1,500 homes for 120 million pounds, saving people over 1 million pounds in fees.

Ruparelia’s endeavor is definitely proof that there is opportunity everywhere around us. This website was founded simply by him getting an idea while moving houses. The cool thing about this is that it is not an original idea necessarily as there are already estate agents selling property, Ruparelia is just making the process better for the person selling the house. I tend to think that entrepreneurship is strictly creating something brand new that the world has never seen before, but that is not what it is all about as we can see with this story. Entrepreneurship can be making an already known process better, like selling houses in London.

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Categories : Business, Housing, Millennial Enrepreneuers, Real Estate, Websites