The Victor and William Fung Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Victor and William Fung Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fung Scholars program, funded by the Victor and William Fung Foundation, aims to nurture future world leaders by supporting university students to experience different cultures and environments early in their careers. A leading youth talent network internationally, the program comprises more than 6,000 undergraduates and graduates worldwide, established with 31 universities and local chapters in 9 cities who all share a common value for making a difference within and beyond their local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We were first in touch with PIM in year 2016 as referred by our Fung Scholars participating in their Model Foundation, and since which, every year, our Fung Scholars have gained insight into systems thinking, effective philanthropy and social innovation. Our partnership developed further to the Social Impact Internship Program in 2018 to provide Fung Scholars with a new type of experience, creating an opportunity for them to apply their skillset to benefit innovative social organizations, learning from their mentors as well as making an impact in the local community. This is in line with our aim to nurture our future world leaders to give back to the community. Along the way, we are pleased with the outstanding management and executive teams of PIM for developing the programs for our Fung Scholars.\u2013Jenny Ann Chan, Program Director, Victor and William Fung Foundation<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social Impact Internships for Fung Scholars is an immersive 8-week educational internship program in Beijing, which teaches social impact perspectives and community engagement for Hong Kong and Mainland China\u2019s future leaders. We do this through skill training bootcamps, immersive service, and structured mentorships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Situation and Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PIM launched the Social Impact Internships program in 2018 to help realize the Victor and William Fung Foundation\u2019s goal of creating an immersive leadership opportunity for their Fung Scholars. The Foundation has traditionally supported and organized conferences, trainings, peer-to-peer learning workshops, company visits and study experiences for university students. They are interested creating a new type of experience that would be different from what the students can conventionally obtain in their university setting. They also hoped to expose their scholars to a different environment in mainland China to expand their perspectives. PIM worked with the Foundation to come up with the following program objectives and designed a program with the scholars\u2019 input to address these needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Program Objectives<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Social Impact Internship program aimed to bring the Fung Scholars\u2019 shared passion for social impact to life by fully funding a summer of immersive service in Beijing, and in the process, create a transformative learning experience for scholars, strengthening their leadership within the Fung network, and providing meaningful support to organizations serving marginalized communities in Greater China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Building on our expertise in experiential education and our strong network of innovative social impact organizations, PIM developed an immersive 8-week educational internship program in partnership with innovative social enterprises and non-profits in Beijing, China. Taking a community-driven approach, PIM surveys long-term partner organizations to understand their needs and current projects. Collaborating with the Foundation and Fung Scholars, PIM then helps Fung Scholars identify their skillsets and goals in order to match them with organizations and projects best suited to each, while identifying priority leadership as key learning outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The program includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Social Impact Training<\/strong> \u2013 PIM identified the leadership capabilities and mindsets that were most important for Scholars to develop to grow as impact leaders and contribute effectively to their host organization, gathering input from our partners. In a 3-day bootcamp, Fung Scholars receive tailored training on critical social innovation skills including impact measurement, storytelling, lean start-up, social enterprise business models, empathetic leadership, and more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Immersive Service \u2013 <\/strong>Working closely with select partner organizations, PIM scopes out projects for the Fung Scholars that are within their capabilities so that they can contribute meaningfully to the organization, yet challenging enough to stretch them beyond their comfort zone. Sample projects have included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Through their service, Fung Scholars learn about real-word problems and solutions from people in the Beijing community, while embracing the opportunity to learn and grow professionally with mentorship from the organization founder or leadership team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mentor Community \u2013 <\/strong>Scholars convene every other week for a sharing or discussion facilitated by a PIM mentor. Structured mentorship opportunities offer Fung Scholars new perspectives on cross-sector career paths, while building space for reflection to derive meaning and solidify learnings from their internship. Mentors from cross-sector backgrounds are selected based on their professional achievements in the social impact space, aligned with the cohorts\u2019 interests, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I feel that I\u2019m introduced to a new community, with young people who never restrict themselves but keeps learning and exploring. Moreover, I find people who are always empathetic and kind, and surely they are my new role models.\u2013Fung Scholar, 2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Results<\/strong> This program expanded my expectations for my career path. I do not have to work according to what I learn in college, but could always explore new area to learn.\u20132019 Scholar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n This program inspired me a lot by changing my perspective on \u201cdoing good.\u201d There are tons of channels to do good…and I have a clearer picture of realizing my aspiration through studying the successful samples of Mantra and PIM as well as the foundation opportunities in Beijing.\u20132018 Fung Scholar<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Survey results from organization leaders also reinforced that participating in the Social Impact Internship program brought significant value to community partners. Organization leaders ranked the diversity of skills, backgrounds and perspectives Fung Scholars contributed to their team as the program\u2019s greatest value to their organization. Anecdotally, we found that some organizations are interested in connecting with student-led leadership groups to advance their mission and this program helped them to test out ideas and get feedback. All organizations expressed interest in partnering with PIM and the Victor and William Fung Foundation again to host interns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Fung Scholars were excellent and accomplished a lot in a short amount of time.\u2013Sam Waldo, Co-Founder & CEO, Mantra<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n From Zero to One Case Study- Finalized [ZH]\u00a0From Zero to One Case Study- Finalized\u00a0HC Case Study- Finalized [ZH]\u00a0Social Impact Internships Case Study \u2013 Finalized\u00a0HC Case Study- Finalized<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n About PIM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n PIM empowers young people with the education, resources, and networks to become mission-driven leaders and effective changemakers. We partner closely with stakeholders (including universities, foundations, social organizations) to provide education and leadership programs and capacity building initiatives founded on a \u201clearning by doing\u201d model for investigating and solving social problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interested in creating an experiential leadership development program for your community? PIM can help. With experience leading transformative education programs for over 2,900 young leaders since 2014, and a network of over 160 innovative social innovation partners in China, Rwanda, India, San Francisco, and more, PIM can help you tailor impactful professional development experiences for your community of young leaders that transfer back to positive community impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Click here<\/a> to download the case study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SOCIAL IMPACT INTERNSHIPS The Victor and William Fung Foundation About Victor and William Fung Foundation The Fung Scholars program, funded by the Victor and William Fung Foundation, aims to nurture future world leaders by supporting university students to experience different cultures and environments early in their careers. 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Analysis of evaluation surveys and post-interviews reinforced that this program provided Fung Scholars with a high impact, active learning experience, integrating community service with skills training and personal reflection while advancing the Victor and William Fung Foundation\u2019s mission of nurturing socially responsible young leaders. We found that participating Fung Scholars emerged from the program with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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