12 Jun Enterprise Interviews – Sustainable Food
You are invited to a new talk where Michelle's belief in the importance of sustainable food became a social enterprise, restaurant and School of Gastronomy https://youtu.be/uW2qGOADtDk...
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12 Jun Enterprise Interviews – Leo Buendia
Watch the recording here! https://youtu.be/-xVG7hF6iJY...
29 May What business skills are needed to survive in a post-COVID 19 world?
What business skills are needed to survive in a post-COVID 19 world? In what is an uncertain and challenging time for many businesses, Associate Professor in accounting at the University of Melbourne, Brad Potter sheds light on how we can survive – and even thrive – despite the downturn. The health, social...
27 Apr A Subud Project To Tackle Australia’s Housing Crisis
Irwan Wyllie of Dharma Care writes: Australia has some of the most expensive housing in the world. Recent surveys reveal there is virtually no affordable housing for those on low incomes or on the old-age pension. If a pensioner does find housing, it means a descent into poverty - making difficult...
24 Mar Maturanahaus – Emmendingen
Robina Limanski writes: The $5,900 SESI Grant was given to Maturanahaus Emmendingen in order to support educational training for the staff members. The whole staff was very pleased and grateful to receive this support, which gives some of us the opportunity to learn new tools for the development of our work,...
24 Jan SES Reps… and Artists!
CALLING ALL NATIONAL/GROUP SES REPS AROUND THE WORLD We need your contact details to help spread the news. I was talking to the Chair of Subud Indonesia and he was amazed that two people (myself and my co-chair Hammond Peek) could complete the task of representing SESI in 80 countries. We...
19 Dec Our First Success
Last summer in Freiburg, 19 projects received monies from the $100,000 Project Fund. Some of them are now reporting back (the schedule is different fo each project), as we have been posting here. Just today, we heard from Aliça Bryson Haynes, who submitted a request to purchase a kiln and a slab roller. She received $5900 from the fund for the kiln. She writes: "My ceramics business, RARA Studio, is going extremely well! I have got the kiln and it's already saving a huge amount of time and money!"
17 Dec Goals for the Next Four Years
SESI Co-chairs, Hammond Peek and Gaye Thavisin, write: Subud Enterprise Services International (SESI) – our vision and goals for the next 4 years 2018-2022 Vision: To improve the financial strength of our Subud organisation over the 4 years of our term. Goals: 1. To actively support new and existing Subud enterprises and projects with advice, mentoring, funding, promotion and follow-up.
17 Dec Enterprise Revolving Project Fund
SESI Co-chairs, Hammond Peek and Gaye Thavisin, write: The Subud Enterprise Services International (SESI) Project Fund idea was first launched at the Basara Youth Gathering in Kalimantan, late 2015, early 2016, and distributed $10,000 among approximately 10 projects. Following this positive experience, the former SESI team organised the very successful, exciting...
16 Dec The Venezuela Food Project
Last year, Henrietta Haines of California learnt about the dire circumstances of the Subud members in Venezuela - due to the crisis the country has fallen into, they were literally close to starving. She launched the Venzuela Food Project that initially focussed on sending them relief food. As she wrote...