Kim Abbott- Turning Rubble into Rupees

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Turning Rubble into Rupees

Kimberley AbbottFounder & CEO, Roka

Engineer – Thales Australia

Rŏka aims to use economic empowerment and education to break the poverty cycle in rural India

Collaboration divides the task and

multiplies the success

But it needs to be a shared value relationship

Social Business vs Charity

BusinessMake Money

Do GoodSocial impact

Philanthropy

Social Business

Wouldn’t it be great if

‘Millionaire' was re-defined to mean someone who had improved

1 million lives?...

give students ‘real assignments’ about ‘real issues’

Communication plan, marketing

Market research, sales

channelsProduct Design

180 degrees Market

research, sales channels

Too often we give students answers to remember instead of problems to be solved…

Roka40K Group

Young People

Village women

Uni’s

Corporates

Collaboration and cooperation will beat competition everytime…

Alone we can do so little: together we can

do so much

Thank You!

Kimberley AbbottCEO Roka, Engineer – Thales Australia

www.rokajewellery.orgkim@rokajewellery.org

Engineering