The Blue Sweater Part2

After reading the second half of The Blue Sweater, I was amazed by the venture-capital firm Acumen Fund Jacqueline Novogratz created. On the second half of the book, I felt Jacqueline is not only telling the stories of how her organization help the poverty, but also how to run an organization as a social entrepreneur. . Jacqueline brought new idea of charity. Sentimental and sympathy can no longer help poverty, and charity organization cannot be a puppet for people to show their care to poor. In order to prevent poverty, we need to listen to what they actually need. Because we cannot forever offer money and goods to them, thus we need to solve the situation essentially. The only way to prevent poverty is to develop their ability and make them financially stronger. In this book, Jacqueline help the women to run business and make money on themselves, without relying on anything.