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Marko Kasic is Founder & Executive Director of FundLife, a grassroots "for-social-profit" organization providing consultancy services to non-profit leaders working on humanitarian causes and sustainable development for children in short-term and chronic emergencies.About this episodeIn this episode we tune in to a wonderful conversation with Marko Kasic about his journey as an entrepreneur. He shares great insights on the filipino culture and highlights the importance of empowerment equality, education, and employment.Quotes3:51 – I dislike the word charity because it implies that we pity people - it's all about celebrating the potential of people4:30 – We focus a lot on empowerment rather than sort of providing traditional support or perhaps traditional NGO’s services6:05 – We felt this huge responsibility that we couldn’t leave the communities that we created relationships with6:14 – We’ve tried to essentially bridge the gap between humanitarian emergencies and sustainable development6:43 – Poverty is a chronic emergency7:36 – It begins to create things, in the sense of identity for these young people8:03 – Through sports, we create interpersonal relationships but we also have developed our own curriculum13:36 – To see these journeys of change, not impacting just one or two people but actually, potentially changing the whole landscape of the communities that they were from16:34 – It was a conscious decision when we started and if we didn’t do anything, then we wanted to be completely legitimate17:00 – Man loves levity even he if does not know it, he flees from wherever levity does not existUseful LinksWebsite: www.fundlife.orgLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mak01/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FundLife/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_girlsgotthis/The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review The Matrix Green Pill Podcast: https://thematrixgreenpill.com/Please review us: https://g.page/r/CS8IW35GvlraEAI/review
