What is a social entrepreneur?
Improving families’ living conditions in Brazil
One of the social entrepreneurs we collaborate with is Fernando Assad from Brazil. Through his organisation Programa Vivenda, he provides affordable and easy-to-install home improvement kits to mitigate the unsafe housing situation in Brazil’s favelas. Around 40 million people in Brazil live in houses that pose health risks.
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- Fundacion Empreender FuturoAllison increases the ability for vulnerable people to improve their social status by democratizing access to business information and services.
- AnouDan has created Anou, a community of artisans working together to reshape Morocco's artisan economy so that it works for them rather than against them.
- More Than SheltersDaniel prototypes dignified living concepts for refugees, bridging crucial stages of their journeys.
- Programa VivendaFernando develops affordable renovation kits that fix the issues that most impact health in the favelas in Brazil.
- Grassroot Tea CorporationJohn is creating a new model for small tea growers to organize themselves, manufacture and sell tea to markets directly while influencing policy.
- IgnitiaLiisa provides farmers in Ghana with climate data sets that allow them to increase their yield and efficiency by timing planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
- PEKKANani is reversing the pattern of discrimination against women in Indonesia by educating and enabling them to provide for their families.
- Center for Aquatic Livelihood -JaljeevikaBy helping farmers see the economic opportunity in cooperating, Neelkanth has reached 50 000 farmers and successfully integrated in-land fisheries in six states' livelihood programs.
- Fair Employment AgencyScott shifts domestic worker agency models to one that erases fees to workers and re-aligns incentives at each link along the recruitment chain in Hong Kong and the Philippines.
- PhulkiSuraiya has developed self-sustaining models for workplace-based care centers at factories and offices, enabling economic emancipation for women in Bangladesh.
- Sea Ranger ServiceWietse combines empowerment of unemployed youths and re-integration of navy veterans to provide a solution to the monitoring of marine protected areas.
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Access Bangladesh Foundation
Working to ensure that persons with disabilities in Bangladesh are included in all aspects of development planning in the country.Read moreFuturo Forestal
Reforestation projects to build permanent, biodiverse, and profitable forests and motivating other land users to plant forests.Read moreRede Asta
Reduction of Brazilian social inequality through the empowerment of women artisans.Read moreMitt Liv
Working with diversity and inclusion within the Swedish the labour-market to make sure everyone gets the chance they deserve.Read moreNIDAN
Giving India's urban poor access to financial services, technology and solicit business.Read moreSIMPLON.CO
Developing new mechanisms of social inclusion and full citizenship for at-risk populations in France.Read moreUpwardly Global
Working to eliminate employment barriers for skilled immigrants and refugees in the US.Read moreWomen Farmers Advancement Network
Improving and promoting the economic, social and political empowerment of rural women and youth in Nigeria, specifically in the agricultural sector.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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Alive and Kicking
Produces soccer balls in Kenya providing employment, improved health and behavior to marginalized groups.Read moreAqua Clara Kenya
Leveraging networks to increase awareness of WASH practices and adoption of water filters.Read moreBeMistre
Home decor and furniture products from recycled and organic raw materials led by women and youth.Read moreEnlight Institute
Recruitment, training and coaching for the youth to access employment in the solar industry.Read moreENZI
High-end shoe production & sales supporting workforce development and employee livelihood in Ethiopia.Read moreFelek Notebooks
Produces and sells notebooks, donating supplies to rural schools and supporting education in Ethiopia.Read moreImani Collective
Home accessories made using natural raw materials and traditional techniques.Read moreIndustree Ethiopia
Enables fabrics and apparel sourcing from Ethiopian producer-owned enterprises.Read moreKidame Mart
Creates opportunities for rural women to earn income by selling fast-moving goods in their communities.Read moreNuru Social Enterprises
Produces and sells Nuru Yogurt, supporting Kenyan smallholder farmers to enhance milk production.Read moreRefuSHE Artisan Collective
Leverages consumer preferences to provide a source of income for young refugee women.Read moreResonate
Provides leadership training to women and youth, enabling them to achieve their potential.Read moreUpcycle Africa
Improving livelihoods and tackling the plastic waste crisis in Uganda by building homes and changing mindsets.Read moreVijana Corps
Creating tools, platforms, and opportunities for the most marginalized youth in Uganda.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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Agro Supply
A mobile layaway platform that enables farmers to save for agricultural inputs seeds, fertilizer, and training using their mobile phones.Read moreAgropreneur Initiative
An affordable finance solution for smallholder farmers coupled with training in climate-smart agriculture and access to markets for their produce.Read moreEcobora
A clean, affordable solar cookstove that is used by rural schools and reduces indoor pollution while conserving forests.Read moreera92 Creative
Works with businesses worldwide on digital and media development projects of which the profits are used to upskill youth in Uganda with digital skills.Read moreGreenPot Enterprises
Bamboo business with interests in large scale nurseries, plantations, and an out-grower programme with small scale farmers.Read moreHidota Farmer's
A farmers' organization owned by smallholder farmers with as its main goal to improve the economic and social status of farmers.Read moreJaguza Tech
Ag-tech company that aims to transform the livestock farming sector by solving major problems plaguing this sector.Read moreMukuru Clean Stoves
Mukuru Clean Stoves designs manufacture and distributes improved efficient and reliable cookstoves.Read morePayWay Ethiopia
PayWay Ethiopia is an e-payment service to provide banking and payment services to rural, unbanked populations.Read moreSmart Foods
Smart Foods invests in new nutritious and healthy products from soybeans, coconuts and other cereals and legumes.Read moreSolerchill Technologies
Solar-powered cold chain technologies to help farmers, vendors and restaurant owners safely preserve their unsold food.Read moreTAI, The Accessibility Institute
Producer of low cost, high-quality Assistive Technology devices, changing the lives of low-income mobility-impaired people in Kenya and Africa.Read moreVava Coffee
A social enterprise that has a network of coffee producers in different regions of East Africa. Vava Coffee exports, roasts and consults on coffee value chains.Read moreWimRob
Working with smallholder farmers that provide the raw materials to process and sell certified honey.Read moreZIMA
ZIMA creates horticultural products from the pumpkin fruit that offer both nutritional and medicinal value in Rwanda and neighbouring countries.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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Agrosolidaria
Agrosolidaria produces agricultural and cosmetic products made from sustainably cultivated Amazonia plants.Read moreBendito Residuo
Bendito Residuo collects trash from Chilean companies and households and transports sorted waste to corresponding valuation facilities.Read moreCafé Compadre
Empowers coffee farmers in the central Peruvian jungle by providing them with solar-powered technology to roast and sell their beans.Read moreEcocitex
Ecocitex sells 100% recycled textile products through more than 250 women-led businesses across Chile.Read moreFresh & Co.
Fresh & Co. is a grocery e-commerce enterprise founded in Chile that is committed to increasing earnings for small-scale farmers.Read moreIncluyeme
Incluyeme is a social enterprise that connects people with disabilities to job openings at corporations to build inclusive and equitable workplaces.Read moreMaré de Sabores
Maré de Sabores is dedicated to helping women in the Mare region build their financial independence providing them with training, work experience, and job opportunities in the food industry.Read moreNG-SEEDs
NG-Seeds produces, processes and commercializes lupine and its byproducts, for both animal feed and human consumption.Read morePIXED
PIXED is a social enterprise that specializes in the development of low cost, high-quality medical technologies for children and adults with disabilities.Read morePomario
Pomario was founded to transform the way that people consume vegetables. The enterprise sells organic produce, sourced from smallholder farmers and its greenhouses to Colombian families, retailers, and high-end restaurants.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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Café Local
Café Local eliminates the intermediary organisation between small coffee farmers and their potential buyers allowing them to obtain fairer prices and improve the living and working conditions.Read moreÉCHALE
ÉCHALE is an affordable housing social enterprise that helps people living in poverty to become owners of their own homes.Read moreHipocampus Centros de Aprendizaje
Hipocampus work with companies to offer on-site day-care where the children of the organisation's employees can receive a quality education.Read moreHomely
Homely wants to give domestic workers a safe, steady, and fair job by connecting them with clients and backing them up to ensure good working conditions.Read moreIluméxico
Iluméxico's goal is to provide affordable electrical services to marginalised communities using solar energy.Read moreINTRARE
INTRARE facilitate the integration of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Mexico’s capital city.Read moreIsla Urbana
Isla Urbana’s rainwater harvesting solution is an environmentally, social, and economic sustainable system that collects and cleans rainwater for households, schools and health clinics.Read morePixza
Pixza is a social empowerment platform and helps to fight homelessness in Mexico City through their blue corn pizza restaurants.Read moreSistema.bio
Sistema.Bio links technology and financial opportunities so farmers can improve infrastructure and capacity with their biodigesters to transform waste into renewable energy and natural fertilizers.Read moreTEKITI
TEKITI links artisans and large corporations interested in working together. They also design and craft tailor-made products that honour their traditional techniques.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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Aguilas en el Maguey
Águilas en el Maguey is a cooperative society founded by ten Zapotec women which grows quality Mezcal Agave (tequila) plants with minimal environmental impact.Read moreAlternativa Agrícola Suchixtepec
Alternativa Agrícola Suchixtepec is an integrated organic farm, dedicated to the farming and local sale of rabbits.Read moreEmprendedoras de Tierra Blanca
Emprendedoras de Tierra Blanca is a group made of Zapotec women that produces organic vanilla and agroforestry systems for coffee.Read moreGoocafé
A cooperative made up of ten Zapotec women. They are located in the community of Los Naranjos Esquipulas, where vanilla is grown in shaded coffee plantations.Read moreGuitani
Guitani is an organisation of five Zapotec farmers. They organically grow fruit trees such as apples, peaches and pears.Read moreLos Macuiles Copalita
Los Macuiles Copalita is a comprehensive organic farm, dedicated to forest yields of dry and gallery forests species.Read moreMbis Bin Semilla Para La Siembra
A non-profit organisation that produces and sells organic inputs for farmers in the Copalita River Basin.Read moreNayé
Nayé is a handmade beauty product enterprise founded by indigenous Zapotec. Nayé conducts and promotes environmental conservation of resources in the upper part of the Copalita River Basin.Read moreTeenta Yareen
A cooperative society of ten Zapotec women that produces organic avocados through environmentally friendly agricultural methods.Read moreUnión San Pedro
Unión San Pedro para la Agricultura Sostenible 100 Sombras is an organic cooperative society dedicated to green bean and speciality coffee production.Read moreYin Bey
Yin Bey is a company of Zapotec women from the municipality of San Miguel Suchixtepec, who produce organic Z mushrooms.Read moreYu Naban
Yu Naban is a group of youth volunteers committed to promoting the conservation of primary life sources in the community of San Miguel Suchixtepec.Read moreZasolidarias
A community conservation enterprise founded by ten Zapotec women. Zasolidarias grows vanilla using eco-friendly methods.Read moreCopy link Copied Link Successfully copied link
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