Back when I was coming out of college, most of the people I knew going into the Peace Corps worked on projects related to education, public works, and so forth. Today, the Peace Corps has discovered the power of entrepreneurship and free enterprise to help change the world.
I was reminded of this by a story in our local paper about a woman who had owned her own hair salon who is volunteering to help aspiring entrepreneurs in the Philippines.
(Alice) Rotan….owned her own salon for 14 years in Chicago. The knowledge she gained from owning her own salon is what she will share with locals in the Philippines who want to start up small businesses.
Entrepreneurship is the most powerful tool we have to share with the rest of the world. Godspeed to Ms. Rotan and all of the other selfless volunteers who are helping to spread free enterprise, one person at a time, around the globe.