The Importance of Community Resilience

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Sasha: The system you're working on the procurement system at the municipal level is invisible for many citizens so it's not so easy to get people excited about it. Right now communities have a lot of really urgent priorities and one of the most important lessons i've learned out of out of really studying community organizing over the last year, she says. Sasha: I think we are probably going to find that angle through helping organizations in the community rather than citizens directly as a first step. Sasha: It may well take a decade for communities to build and develop their position as to what they're demanding and what the issues are.

In the second episode of Season 2, Sascha Haselmayer and Olga Shirobokova explore the role communities play in keeping governments accountable. You will hear examples of how social entrepreneurs from Peru, the UK, Romania, India and the US empower people affected by a social problem to take charge and effectively engage with governments in order to improve public services.

If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively work with government and what are the examples, we encourage you to have a look at our new free online course on this topic at https://academy.vc4a.com/courses/trabajo-con-el-gobierno/ (Spanish version) and www.ashoka.org/working-with-government (English version). The online course and the second season of the Ashoka Systems Change podcast were developed thanks to the support and in partnership with PES Latam.