{"557861":{"#nid":"557861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Students Study Social Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEvery summer, through the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/centers-initiatives\/ile\/study_abroad\/index.html\u0022\u003ELeadership for Social Good Study Abroad Program\u003C\/a\u003E, faculty and staff of the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship (ILE) lead a group of undergraduates on an educational experience in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough classroom lectures, site visits, and close work with nonprofits, students learn how social enterprises and nonprofit institutions work and what type of leadership is effective in this sector.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis year, students spent the first week in Budapest visiting \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/batortabor.hu\/en\/\u0022\u003EBator Tabor\u003C\/a\u003E, a therapeutic recreation camp for children living with cancer or other chronic illnesses.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHearing the impact and experiencing the\u0026nbsp;impact [an organization has] is very different,\u201d said Manaka Sato, a biomedical engineering major. \u201cOur group had the opportunity to experience some of the influence that Bator Tabor has on the seriously ill children firsthand.\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gteesa.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/week-1-in-budapest-and-bator-tabor.html\u0022\u003ERead more from Sato at the program\u2019s blog\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the five weeks the students spent in Budapest working with nonprofit organizations, they had the opportunity to see how the theory they learned in the classroom worked in practice, witness the challenges small organizations face on a daily basis, and contribute to solving those problems.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo read about these unique internship experiences from the perspective of several different 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