Social Entrepreneurs 2015 Annual Meeting

The document provides a directory of social enterprises focusing on low-cost healthcare, education, microfinance, and environmental sustainability across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the USA.

• Several organizations focus on improving healthcare access for underserved populations: Clinicas del Azucar in Mexico reduced annual diabetes patient costs by 70% and complication rates by 60%; BasicNeeds operates in 12 developing countries, enabling 94% of its mentally ill participants to access treatment; and Naya Jeevan provides catastrophe health insurance to low-income workers in Pakistan for USD 2.50 per month.
• Educational initiatives target youth and girls in developing regions: Bridge International Academies in Kenya operates 259 academies as of January 2014, educating approximately 80,000 pupils for an average of $5 a month; Room to Read has established over 15,000 school libraries and reached 25,000 girls through its Education programme in 2013; and Ashesi University in Ghana reports that 100% of its graduates found quality placement shortly after graduating.
• Financial inclusion is pursued through microfinance and specialized banking: Mann Deshi Bank in India serves over 185,000 rural women clients and aims to launch one million rural women entrepreneurs by 2020; Enda inter-arabe in Tunisia serves 140,000 clients with a US$48 million loan portfolio; and Pro Mujer has disbursed over US$950 million in small loans to women in Latin America over 20 years.
• Environmental and energy-related social enterprises implement scalable technical solutions: Pur Projet has planted more than 3 million trees and conserved 300,000 hectares of virgin forest across Latin America, Africa, and Asia; IBEKA partners with rural communities in Indonesia to construct micro-hydro plants for electricity; and TerraCycle mobilizes individuals to collect previously unrecyclable waste.
• Technology is leveraged to solve systemic issues in Africa: Sproxil uses a Mobile Product Authentication solution in Nigeria to verify pharmaceutical products, selling over 250 million labels; Afroes uses interactive mobile learning to teach entrepreneurship to youth; and Volo Broadband enables high-speed, low-cost broadband delivery in emerging markets.
• Other targeted interventions address specific vulnerabilities: Aajeevika Bureau provides identity cards and financial services to seasonal migrant laborers in India, with clients registering 50-80% income growth; Build Change has trained over 12,000 people worldwide to improve earthquake-resistant construction in Indonesia, China, and Haiti; and mothers2mothers employs over 1,700 HIV-positive mothers to mentor others across eight countries.

APA

World Economic Forum (2015). Social Entrepreneurs 2015 Annual Meeting. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM15/AM15_SocialEs.pdf

Chicago

World Economic Forum. Social Entrepreneurs 2015 Annual Meeting. 2015. http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM15/AM15_SocialEs.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldeconomicforum2015social, author = {{World Economic Forum}}, title = {{Social Entrepreneurs 2015 Annual Meeting}}, institution = {World Economic Forum}, year = {2015}, url = {http://www3.weforum.org/docs/Media/AM15/AM15_SocialEs.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }