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Giving Back

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT

SOCIAL IMPACT

CONSULTANCY

Serge-Raymond Nzabandora on
setting up an organisation to reduce
homelessness and poverty – and
encouraging students to nd ways
they can help improve the lives
of others

owards the end of this academic partnerships with. Given the calibre
year, I worked with a team of the pool of students we have access
T to found a social impact to, I truly believe our branch is quite
consultancy in Oxford. This is a branch As a student at a promising and will give the thousands
of a global organisation called 180 of students on our campus the
Degrees Consulting. As the world’s large university, opportunity to contribute their bit to
largest volunteer consultancy, it I have become much society in an interesting, engaging and
aims to improve education, reduce more informed about meaningful way. Our organisation will
homelessness and alleviate poverty by not only give us important exposure to
helping non-profi ts receive the support the many issues social issues that exist and solutions
and expertise they need to improve di erent groups in that are being developed, it will also
and expand their services. At the same society face… improve our core competencies and
time, it aims to develop a generation practical skills, paving the way
of future leaders committed to making for us to become active
a difference. in an extremely positive way, global citizens.
As a student at a large university, so when some friends and I I encourage every
I have become much more informed decided to get this venture student reading this to
about the many issues different groups running, I could not have been think about what you
in society face. There are thousands more excited! enjoy doing and where
of social enterprises and non-profi ts We’ve worked on our branch your skills lie – and how
who aim to tackle issues relating proposal since May and have you could use this to help
to education, poverty, health, the recently been approved to begin make your impact on the
environment and more. The unfortunate operations. We plan to recruit world and improve the
reality is that the very nature of a strong cohort of student lives of others, especially
their organisation often means their consultants who are those who are less
resources are limited. intelligent, team- fortunate.
When I found out that there is players and
an organisation that specialises in passionate about
connecting the unrealised potential social impact
of top university students with the and train them
unmet needs of these socially conscious with the help of
organisations, I was eager to get several top-tier
involved. This is where my aptitude consulting
for problem-solving and interest in fi rms we
business and operations could be used have secured

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