About a week ago I watched a small documentary on POPINNOVATORS. This time, it was about a TV personality, fashion designer, best-selling author, and lifestyle expert: Lauren Conrad. She began as a reality show star and little by little stepped outside that face and turned into a successful business woman.
At one point in her career she searched for a more fulfilling job, apart from what she did everyday in her office. After many successes she began doing a lot of charity work; she travelled to Africa to learn more about the world and realized that there are countless number of talented people who just needed some tools to take their products to another level. She visited a community of women that rely solely on the products they craft such as baskets, women accessories, house decorations, clothing, etc. The problem with this was that it wasn't a sustainable business because they didn't have a large group of customers. So, taking it to another level meant online shopping, something that also happened to be a boom in the Internet at the time. Now, these women could keep doing what they did but in a more sustainable manner, selling all over the US. After days of planning, she created a website called www.thelittlemarket.com.
As I watched this documentary I realized that Habla BlendZ was all about that, too. Our workers don't see Habla BlendZ as charity, something that could be easily mistaken with since we are all used to seeing that in school many times. In fact, our workers were seeking the opportunity to give their kids a better education and more opportunities in life. Plus, they also saw it as an opportunity for them as parents to learn some English basics through what their children learned with us.
We aren't giving them money. We aren't giving them food. It's nothing materialistic. Habla blendZ is all about opportunity, the opportunity to speak a language that is so necessary in this 21st century.