Melrose Heights Magazine issue number 8

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Nadia Duguay This idea reflects itself in any project they undertake but also in managing daily operations and collaborations; their policy of exchange of services and donation of services are a good example. Exeko operates as a dual structure: the Non-Profit Organization is responsible for humanitarian projects and a private company to achieve a broader spectrum. But be careful, even the private company has a clear policy of profits and redistribution. Exeko, in this sense, is in the new wave of social enterprises. The aim is clearly not to raise a personal fortune but rather to use the resources, the professionalism and the tools, that are especially present in the world of private business, to generate what might be called the social benefit. In addition combining business with social causes is not an impossibility... Projects are multiplying as are meetings with good people as well. From the beginning, artist, thinker, psychologist and businessman, Wayne Schoenfeld became a partner of exceptional value. Schoenfeld and Exeko continue to partner in multiple projects. From the coordination of exhibitions to the production of the documentary movie ‘The Memory Box’; the first one of a series designed to recognize and give a voice to various initiatives in cooperation with local and international development throughout the world. All this, through the production of contemporary work and newly developing a humanitarian tourism project will immerse in this documentary. The next project for Exeko; Art, Culture and Society. This is a key project which aims social integration of people in difficult circumstances; in particular youth and inmates, by teaching reflexive tools and critical thinking. This program is a mix of theory in philosophy, sociology and art in popularized words and totally accessible to all. Moreover Nadia pointed out that these theories have always identified solid benchmarks for the development of man and society, why would it be more accessible to the rich or more educated?

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