Social Entrepreneurs: Education

Jacques Bwira, a community leader and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, started Hope Primary School to give free education to the refugee children living in Kampala, Uganda, helping them make the first steps towards integrating with the Ugandan society.

Andrew Dilts founded the Laurel Centre for Social Entrepreneurship in Waterloo, Canada, to nurture social entrepreneurs to achieve their potential with focused training in professional business skills. This education is achieved through a series of conferences, workshops, boot camps and lectures.

Juergen Nagler started the Mali Initiative to provide quality education and fuel sustainable development through local networks. This is empowering the Malian communities to strive towards a better tomorrow.

Affectionately called the “Mother Teresa of Bihar,” Sister Sudha Varghese is delivering a respectable livelihood to Dalits in the most rural parts of India, by providing basic education and health services

Schoolteacher Judith Achar trains needy Mexican families in the ancient Nahua weaving technique - to create colorful bags from recycled materials - so as to combat problems of poverty, unemployment, poor access to education and environmental degradation.

Yohani Petero Kayinamura takes homeless children off the streets of Rwanda through the Umuryango Children’s Network. By providing them with love, shelter and education, Yohani hopes to rehabilitate and transform the young minds to become active members of society.

Dev Aujla, Founder and Executive Director of DreamNow, a charitable organization based in Toronto believes that people can have it all. He firmly believes that people can change the world and do it without compromising their lifestyles and their passions. A Developed World asked him how young social entrepreneurs can have their cake and eat it too.

The team at Ashoka Mexico, led by Director Armando Laborde, is breathing new life into Mexico's social economy and inspiring a new generation of changemakers