the madras medical mission; a social enterprise model
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Madras Medical Mission is a Social Enterprise inspired by the missionary zeal of Bishop Zachariah Mar Dionysius, Metropolitan of the Madras Diocese of the Orthodox Church of India. Strengthened by the devotion and commitment of the members of this Community at Chennai (erstwhile Madras city of TamilNadu ) who promoted the registered charitable society in 1982, it strives to participate in the healing ministry by seeking to foster an environment of caring, compassion and love that enables it to respond to patient needs in enviable ways. From modest beginnings three decades ago, the synergy of proficient practitioners, prudential management and providential guidance has metamorphosed the Madras Medical Mission into an organization of excellence that promotes some of the finest super-speciality tertiary care medical institutions in India , with superlative infrastructure, leading edge technology and accomplished professionals.TRANSCRIPT
The story of a Proverbial Elephant…
…meaning different things to different people.
© 2006Babu Daniel
Social Enterprise for Africa Inspired by Oprah.gvi
MMM:A Church Run Hospital?
MMM:A dream of a group of
visionaries,who started with just that…
MMM:Owned by a Well-known
Surgeon?
MMM:Promoted by a
Corporate Group?
MMM:A Private
Money Making Business?
Legal Status of the Madras Medical Mission
Members of the Board Elect the Managing Committee (3)
The Managing Committee:Hon. Vice President, Hon. Secretary &Hon. Treasurer
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Registered Society:132 Members elect the Governing Board Members (21) at the AGM
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4 Democratic Organizational Structure withFlexibility to amend Rules & Regulations.
The Governance Structure:All of us belong to the DiasporaOrthodox Christian Community from Kerala, S.India
These members do not receive any share of profit or remuneration from the organization.
Development of Volunteerism and Indian Non-Profit Sector
Early Post-Independence (1947-1960)Religion Based and Gandhian NPOs
The 60s and 70sWelfare Oriented NPOs
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Pre-Independence (1810-1947) Church, National Bourgeoisie, Gandhian Philanthropy, etc
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4 The 80s and 90sEmpowerment Oriented NPOs
As a Paradigm ofSocial Enterprise
Madras Medical Mission
© 2006Babu Daniel
Kuhn, T S;The Structure ofScientific Revolutions
Paradigm is an entire constellation of beliefs, values and techniques, and so on, shared by the members of a given community
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What do we share in common?
Crisis Glue:Cohesion through
Core Values
A Service Oriented Culture- Empathy
and Caring
High Involvement
Culture
Early Involvement
in Community Service
A Culture of Democratic
Decision Making
High Degree ofAchievement
Motivation
Enabling, Maintaining & Sustaining Culture
Very HighEducation and
Self-employmentOrientation
These cultural values of the community are reflected in the
Madras Medical Mission, initiated as a Social Enterprise.“
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Social enterprise is any NGO, revenue-generating business, venture, activity, or project, founded for the dual purpose of earning income and contributing to a social cause.
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Social Impact Vs
Financial Viability“ ”
The Challenge….
Are they compatible?
Social Enterprise
Whenever Bill Drayton spoke about “Social Enterprise”the phrase he coined in the early 1980s his comments met with blank looks.
"The smart ones would call it an oxymoron,”he recalls.
Bill Drayton
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Financial TimesMarch 1, 2006 WednesdayAsia Edition
What Makes MMM a Social Enterprise?
Lessens a Social Problem, filling a gap in the Market for the services extended.
A Social Asset that Generates Social Value
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Created for a Social Purpose-To Reach Healthcare to the Unreached.
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4 Operates with the discipline, innovation and determination of a business.
Without the Traditional Sources Of Funding….
Government Grants
Religious Benefaction
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Foreign Contributions11
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A Fee For Service Model
MMM:The Social Enterprise
Market
The Mission is Embedded in the Enterprise
Marketable Services TargetPopulation
MMM:The Social Enterprise
A Fee For Service Model
TargetPopulation
The Way We Grew..
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How did we achieve this?
Investing in Technology
Using the skill-set of Members
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Investing in People
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4 With Stable, Committed, Incorruptible Leadership
Committed People
Connect their Ideas
Aggregating Connections
Exponential Increase in Value
The Network Effect
Institutions of the Madras Medical Mission
- Constantine P. Cavafy Greek Poet (1863-1933)
…. night has fallen and the barbarians haven't come.And some of our men, who have just returned from the border, saythere are no barbarians any longer. Now what's going to happen to us without barbarians?Those people were a kind of solution.
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- Betty Sue Flowers Director, LBJ Presidential Library
& Corporate Consultant
The future is not about who is going to hell and who is going to heaven. We are all in it together. It is not about who has it right. It’s about what the best next step is, which can only take us all together.
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-Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. “ ”
© Babu Daniel, January 2007 : v-2dt .22.09.08
The views expressed here reflect the views of the speaker alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Madras Medical Mission.
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