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Skip to main content [#main-content] About us Selection Process Partners Publications Contact us About us About us Board History Impact Team What is a social entrepreneur ? Map Selection Process Partners Publications Contact us Follow us: The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship provides unparalleled platforms at the regional and global level to highlight and advance leading models of sustainable social innovation. It identifies a select community of social entrepreneurs and engages it in shaping global, regional and industry agendas that improve the state of the world in close collaboration with the other stakeholders of the World Economic Forum. Home Social Entrepreneurs Home Featured 6 Nov 2014 India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust is named as the winner of the India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 award. The award was conferred in the presence of Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance,... 7 Oct 2014 Why small data matters too My father is an engineer, and while I struggle to change a light bulb, he did impress on me from an early age the importance of the right tool for the job. And that’s what this blog is about –... 25 Sep 2014 How young people can boost competitiveness While the issue of youth unemployment features highly on national and international policy agendas, young people are not involved enough in the decision-making process. What must be done to address... 13 Sep 2014 How to build an entrepreneur The most striking aspect of working with impoverished women is how much they can teach you. Listen to them carefully and they will show you how to take uneducated, illiterate women and create... 13 Sep 2014 Three ways to make green bond financing better We are well on track to see the climate heat up by 6°C. This would be disastrous for humans, the environment and the global economy. To avoid this scenario, significant investments in low-carbon... 13 Sep 2014 Fighting the scourge of fake medicines When a mother walks into a pharmacy to pick up medicine for her baby, she doesn’t expect to be tricked into buying poison and supporting criminals. But according to the World Customs Organization,... 18 Mar 2014 The Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2014 Meet the Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs of the Year 2014. The Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Awardees are leading 30 organizations operating in more than 20 countries... Latest India Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014 Hanumappa Sudarshan of Karuna Trust is named as the winner of the India Social Entrepreneur of the... Why small data matters too My father is an engineer, and while I struggle to change a light bulb, he did impress on me from... How young people can boost competitiveness While the issue of youth unemployment features highly on national and international policy agendas... Policy Guide on Social Innovation Spanish edition of Schwab Foundation’s Policy Guide to Scaling Social Innovation now available.... How to build an entrepreneur The most striking aspect of working with impoverished women is how much they can teach you. Listen... 1 of 25 Next Twitter Follow us > 1416128527 Schwab Foundation Daily is out! http://t.co/mOUH90jHwj Stories via @TeachForAll @LifelineEnergy @embracewarmer 1416041456 Schwab Foundation Daily is out! http://t.co/mOUH90jHwj Stories via @GrAssSielBleu @markruiz @SOILHaiti 1415954464 Schwab Foundation Daily is out! http://t.co/mOUH90jHwj Stories via @RoomtoRead @afromusing @dimagi 1415870692 Schwab Foundation Daily is out! http://t.co/mOUH8ZsU87 Stories via @Friends_Intl @TeachForAll @CollegeSummit Facebook Follow us > 1415091091 Schwab Social Entrepreneur @Ecofiltro hits 100,000 rural family goal! http://vimeo.com/109612459 Ecofiltro v.1.3 vimeo.com This is "Ecofiltro v.1.3" by skycamguatemala on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. 1411464789 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/business/international/report-cites-forced-labor-in-malaysia.html?ref=business&_r=0 Report Cites Forced Labor in Malaysia www.nytimes.com About a third of the 200,000 migrant workers in Malaysia are employed in forced labor conditions, a factory monitoring group found. 1411464494 http://www.economistinsights.com/sustainability-resources/opinion/world-toilet-crisis-can-be-solved-0 The world toilet crisis can be solved www.economistinsights.com Globally up to 2.5bn people do not have access to proper sanitation. The dire situation of 1m children dying from diarrhoea every year alone requires an urgent call to action, argues Jack Sim, founder of the World Toilet Organisation (WTO). 1411463144 http://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/broken-legs-death-threats-and-fatwas-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-the-99 Broken legs, death threats and fatwas: the trials and tribulations of The 99 | The National www.thenational.ae Ilustrator Naif Al Mutawa discovers that creating In partnership with