"To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of
the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of
the tallest tree, but it is only few inches tall. There is nothing wrong with
the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate.
Poor people are Bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds.
Only society never gave them a base to grow on.'
Mohammed Younus - Winner of Nobel Peace Prize and author of
"Banker to the Poor"
JEDCO aims to build an economic base to empower ordinary people
with collective entrepreneurship. We want to free the masses from the
chains that is put around them from building a better world for
themselves and their generations. We believe that eradicating poverty
and social imbalances can only be achieved by collective
entrepreneurial ventures, rather than spiraling in a charity circle.
Charity can only perpetuate financial imbalances and cannot offer
solutions. Our model of crowd-funding is not only bringing together the
financial capital, but it is about creating a pot pourri of all resources
that is necessary to build sustainable and ethical ventures. JEDCO has
been carefully putting together committed minds to contribute their
soft-capital to nurture and build long-lasting ventures that is powered
by the savings of masses.
