Written by Natthaporn Kittiwithayakul, BBA#18

Social Venture Hong Kong (SVhk) is a venture philanthropic organization, aiming to provide support to Social-Purpose Organizations or Social Enterprises in Hong Kong.

Under the belief that the urban social challenges in many Asian cities are quite alike and that only traditional method cannot satisfy the need of the society, it is time to call for innovation. Hence, the Asia Social Innovation Awards has been launched since 2008 to engage the general public to submit their social enterprise ideas to solve these problems. This year awards propose 3 biggest issues currently faced by Asia; 1. Aging Population 2. Social Inclusion and 3. Poverty. It receives a record-breaking of more than 480 participants from all over Asia.