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Thank you for your continual support for ARUN.
We are working to build a global social investment platform originating in Japan.
I recently visited a social entrepreneur in Gujarat State in India that organizes a recycling business. In India, garbage collection from offices, homes and streets are mainly done by the homeless people, but their payments were often cheated and garbage was thrown everywhere.
A graduate from London’s business school who is from the area decided to start up a business with his friends. Despite the criticism that says it is impossible to run a business with people living in poverty and garbage picking, they organized close to 1,000 people living in poverty, and created a system to collect garbage that is separated by plastic, paper and metal and sell it to the recycle business.
Furthermore, they are developing a new system using smart phones to keep track of the recycling in real time.
We are also excited to let you know about the opening of the social investment seminar for businesses where you can learn more about the great opportunities to invest in such social entrepreneurship.
This weekend, ARUN is participating in the Global Festa in the Hibiya Park.（ Details） Please come and visit!
Satoko Kono
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