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.