China Development Brief (CDB) recently posted an interview with the co-founder of Education in Sight, a social enterprise that provides access to eye exams and eyeglasses to children in Yunnan province. Though Education in Sight is not registered as a foreign NGO in China, its work and decision-making process, as described in the interview, are still quite relevant for international groups working there. Co-founder Andrew Shirman discusses the key practical problems in rural service provision (affordability, access, and social awareness), the reason to switch from a purely non-profit model to a social enterprise model, and the doors that can open when county- and prefectural-level governments take an interest in a particular project.
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