The University’s leading student social entrepreneurs are in Mexico this week for the Enactus World Cup and we have just heard that they are through to the semi-finals, which begin today, 1 October.
Enactus Southampton has joined teams from 35 other countries in Cancun to compete for the world title after winning the UK national championship for the third year in a row last April. In 2012, Enactus Southampton reached the World Cup semi-finals in Washington DC.
This year, Southampton is grouped with Ryerson University (Canada), Mohammedia School of Engineers (Morocco) and Technological University of the Mixteca (Mexico) in round one with presentations commencing at 8.45 am in Cancun (2.45 pm in the UK). The team will have 30 minutes to make their presentation before a panel of judges. Parts of the Enactus World Cup are being streamed live online at http://enactus.org/worldcup/live/ including the Opening Round Awards Ceremony & Keynote speech which will commence this evening at 5.30 pm in Cancun (11.30 pm in the UK). The semi-final rounds will be held on the morning of Tuesday, 2 September with the final round and final awards ceremony starting later in the day.
Please feel free to tweet your best wishes to the team via @enactussoton or leave a message on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/#!/Enactus.Southampton
Enactus is a global not-for-profit organisation that works to mobilise university students to make a difference within their communities while developing their skills to become socially responsible business leaders. Enactus Southampton won this year’s UK final after presenting three social enterprise projects to a panel of judges: SanEco, Right Futures and Find Your Path. All of these projects aim to create a positive impact on individuals and communities in Southampton and in Africa by supporting the creation and development of new businesses. In Southampton, nearly 150 students from a wide range of subjects – management and art to geography and engineering – actively take part in Enactus activities.