Why do I think the SoSa model works?

I have been telling people from when I returned about why I think we have added value to our client organizations and also learnt a lot ourselves. Below are the testimonials from the clients in the closing ceremony :

“It has been a great pleasure and privilege for our team to have had the SAP Social Sabbatical team with us for a month. To have a team of outsiders look into our business, and in this case a team of experts map our processes, is extremely beneficial to our growing organization. We are committed to ensuring that the seed that the SAP team has planted will be properly executed and by doing so, the help from SAP will extend to even the young adults that Messy Bessy will take in our program in the years to come. Lastly, having the SAP team with us for a month also opened the eyes of our young adults to the reality that we are all connected as humans, even if we live miles apart and come from very diverse cultures. The SAP Sabbatical is such a beautiful, inspiring and fruitful initiative that I personally wish more companies would follow suit,” said Krie Lopez, Founder of Messy Bessy. 

Speaking on the impact of the SAP Social Sabbatical, Jim Ayala, Chairman of Solar Energy Foundation Philippines said, “Millions of Filipino student are unable to study at night because their communities are unelectrified. The Solar Library program of StiftungSolarenergie – Solar Energy Foundation Philippines enables these kids to keep up at school by making solar reading lights available for them to bring home with their books. The SAP team helped us enormously by accessible by project managers and community partners across the country. The tool kit is community-friendly and culture-sensitive, which is important for acceptance and sustainability. Their work will really help us accelerate the roll our of our Solar Libraries!”

“The SAP Social Sabbatical was such a great experience for the Hapinoy Team at multiple levels. We were able to get he benefit of world-class talents helping us deeply analyze and strategize our social business model and operations, with very concrete outputs that can really help us catapult even further,” said Mark Ruiz, Co-founder and President of Hapinoy. “But more than that, their interaction with team was extremely invaluable – they have helped us think and reflect on Hapinoy and our individual work with new, fresh perspectives. We are very, very grateful to Yasar, Michelle, and Joerg – a group we affectionately call our “Magicians.”

“We are very grateful for our SAP fellows! Priscilla, Caroline, and Vineet were amazing partners and advocates. In the short time they have dedicated with us, we felt their dedication and passion. They provided us with process analysis and recommendations for sales and product design,” said Reese Fernandez-Ruiz, President of Rags2Riches, Inc.