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For many poor communities, the ability to safeguard health and livelihoods can easily come under threat from risks such as sickness, natural catastrophes, and the effects of climate change. Vulnerability to these risks encourages defensive, risk-averse choices, inhibiting the ability to plan, save, build, and prosper.
Social entrepreneurs create positive change through new initiatives. They spread their solutions among communities, institutions, and the private sector. By looking for new models and systems, they create social value and change people’s lives for the better.
The Swiss Re Foundation works to make healthcare accessible to underserved communities by supporting social enterprises that tackle challenges in healthcare which governments have yet to address. We see our role as de-risking the often rocky path that social enterprises must travel from promising demonstration to sustainable, scalable solution.
Find out latest details on the Entrepreneurs for Resilience here.
