SUSI Summer 2016 - Salsabil Dkhil:

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Participant Name: Salsabil Dkhil
Project Location:
Ras Jebel, Tunisia
Program: Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) on Social Entrepreneurship
Term: Summer 2016
Project Title: Hands for Hope
UConn GTDI Project Award: Application Accepted & Funding Awarded

Salsabil has professional experience designing and implementing projects for the most pressing social issues in Africa. Currently, she is the co-founder and business development manager of Hands for Hope. Salsabil has a Postgraduate degree in Social Innovation Management and has a Bachelor's degree in Science of Business Administration.

Organization Information: Hands for Hope

Hands for Hope is a Tunisian social enterprise that works in hand with skilled handcrafts, who are living with disabilities, to make recycled, high-quality, and unique products for the local and international marker. By selling their good and high-quality handcrafts, we are bringing awareness about the potential of people living with disabilities and we seek to transform the way people from around the world look at disability. Hands for Hope's vision is to be one of the leaders of making unique handicrafts that will locally improve lives and competitively respond to the market demand.