“Social Entrepreneurs: from Africa to Davos”
26 Social Entrepreneurs from around the globe will be full participants and represent the “voice from the ground” at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters.
From Africa:
Andrea Coleman – Riders for Health – Zimbabwe
Riders for Health works with health ministries and NGOs in Africa to build local capacity to maintain and manage motorcycles and other vehicles, enabling healthcare workers to reliably service remote areas. By ensuring health workers have access to vehicles that never break down, Riders for Health is making sure millions of people across Africa receive regular, reliable healthcare, often for the first time in their lives.
Garth Japhet – Heartlines – South Africa
Heartlines uses TV, radio, print, and digital media and social mobilization in South Africa to get debate, discussion and action on shared core values, which include responsibility, forgiveness, perseverance, self-control, honesty and compassion. Through these values, Heartlines helps to impact on core societal issues such as HIV/AIDS, youth sexuality and violence against women, as well as complex development issues like land rights and access to banking services.
Victoria Kisyombe – SELFINA (Sero Lease & Finance Association) – Tanzania
In Tanzania, where 75% of the population lives in rural areas and 90% lives on less than US$ 2 per day, most enterprising individuals, particularly women, have scarce working capital to buy equipment. The mission of Sero Lease and Finance (SELFINA) is to increase incomes and employment for women through micro-crediting schemes in order for them to achieve economic and social independence. SELFINA has issued credit worth US$ 22 million to women in Tanzania. Its activities have helped over 200,000 Tanzanians out of poverty.
Patrick Schofield – Streetwires and the Indalo Project – South Africa
Streetwires revolutionized the wire and bead art industry in South Africa by developing a workable formal structure for craft development and by focusing on the key factors in the marketability of craft: design, professional delivery to market and excellence in sales. The result has been both strong social and economic impact within and beyond the organization.
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