The present study was conducted to examine the performance of social entrepreneurs (NGOs) of Lahore in
Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of social entrepreneurs (NGOs) on income level,
standard of living and empowerment of those people who are getting facilitated by social entrepreneur's work,
namely Beneficiaries'.
The study was further divided into two studies. In both studies work of social entrepreneurs (NGO's) was the
independent variable (x) and income levels (y1), standard of living (y2) and empowerment (y3) of vulnerable
groups like children, women, religious minorities, and those who live below the poverty line were the
dependent variables in order to get a clearer picture of the phenomena.
In the study, purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from executives of the NGOs whereas in
study II, data was collected from 250 beneficiaries of selected NGOs. Descriptive analysis was used to analysis
the responses of respondents. It was extracted from this research that social entrepreneurs have a positive
effect on the income levels, standard of living and empowerment of poor people. A large number of poor people
came out of poverty and even became self-employed. Now people are even able to save some money from their
incomes. Current research would be beneficial for social entrepreneurs and related population.