The Importance of Social Entrepreneurship

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Doryka is providing she's the best point of contact for people with rare diseases which means they're almost inevitably brought to her. She recruits them into the community because they have so many questions about what this means where they can get treatment and we have a similar example is the work of Albin Aries in Peru who saw waste pickers 34 years ago but then helped turn them into a community of recyclers. They are now empowered they're the voice that government hears they're who government is negotiating with on a day to day basis and kind of finding and finding those kind of arrangements.

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.