Destination Changemakers

We are the YY Generation.

Together we can end poverty.

Destination Changemakers is a project aiming at helping social entrepreneurs to scale up and maximize their social impact. After one year and a half of preparation in the UK and France (January 2011 – August 2012), we will help 3 social entrepreneurs in the Philippines, in India and in Senegal during nine months (September 2012 – June 2013), before coming back to France to share our experience to the general public (July 2013 – June 2014).

What Destination Changemakers is not :

• A humanitarian project. We are going to work with social enterprises that are financially sustainable (not NGOs  or charities) and work in the field of social development
• A journalistic world tour. We want to contribute to the development of these enterprises with concrete actions. We are actors, not just commentators.

 

Who are we? 

Jonas Guyot & Matthieu Dardaillon. We are two students in business school (ESCP Europe). We chose to realize two gap years before finishing our studies : one gap year for professional experiences in the sector of social business, sustainable development and microfinance; one year with social entrepreneurs in emerging countries with the project Destination Changemakers.

Why this project? 

We have chosen to create Destination Changemakers and to dedicate a whole year to work with social entrepreneurs in order to:

• Make a difference by using our business skills in enterprises with great social added value : develop business skills
• Learn on the ground and develop our comprehension of social change : develop social skills
• Work in partnership to have more impact : develop partnerships skills
• Be inspired to create then our own social enterprise and become changemakers 

When is it ? The project lasts 3 years and a half.

• The preparation : January 2011 – September 2012
• The missions : September 2012 – June 2013

• Philippines : September – December 2012
• India : January – March 2013
• Senegal : April – June 2013
• The sharing of our experience : July 2013 – June 2014

Humm… you want to know more precisely… ?

• What is a social business or a social enterprise
• What is exactly the project Destination Changemakers 
• Who we are, two French students in business schools, aspiring to become Changemakers
• What we are doing during our 20-month preparation 
• What will be the missions with our social entrepreneurs 
• What we want to achieve after the missions to share our experience
• How to join the movement and make a difference
• What are the last news of the project 
• What are the best articles about social entrepreneurship & social change we have selected ?

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Our detailed presentation 

Brochure Destination Changemakers (February 2012)

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Présentation en français : Présentation Destination Changemakers (mai 2012)