Global Connections – Santa Kopanang Connect

Santa Kopanang Connect is an HSIE co-curricular activitiy which is an e-commerce real world startup within the ethical space of social enterprise. This HSIE project was designed in response to students’ real world social justice questioning and desire to build authentic positive global connections. Santa Kopanang Connect explicitly aligns with the Dominican values of global diversity, social impact, as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of Gender Equity.

The aim of this project is for Santa students to ignite innovation, grow technological literacy and proficiency and build a website to sell the products made by the women of Kopanang. Santa Kopanang Connect is an opportunity for students to take global action, develop entrepreneurial skills, and through creative and critical thinking to provide future-focused solutions.

Thanks to the generosity of our student community and the success of Santa Style, at the College Assembly students presented Sr Sheila with a $500 donation from the proceeds of the Santa Style 2024 sales. This donation was received by Sr Sheila and used to fund the work of women and their families at Kopanang and is part of the Santa Kopanang Connect project.

Brigida Zagora
Head of HSIE (Humanities and Social Sciences)