Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship

We're proud to announce the Social Entrepreneurs and Innovators of the Year 2025, in partnership with the Motsepe Foundation! The Schwab Foundation Awards 2025 celebrate 18 social entrepreneurs and innovators from 15 organisations driving systemic change worldwide. This year's awardees are addressing health disparities from the United States to Zambia, creating income opportunities for displaced individuals, combatting deforestation in Central and West Africa, and improving the lives of vulnerable communities in India and beyond. Watch the awards presentation live at 4:15 pm CET today: https://lnkd.in/edwzFUXF Join us in celebrating these exceptional leaders and their incredible achievements! 🌍 Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/eypB7X7D Learn more about the 2025 Awardees: https://lnkd.in/eEhxsVP5 Social Entrepreneurs: Cecilia Corral, CareMessage Mawuse Christina Gyisun, Sommalife Muzalema Mwanza, Safe Motherhood Alliance Valmir Gabriel Ortega, Belterra Agroforestry Manuel Rosemberg, ANA Care Aline Sara, NaTakallam Akshay Saxena, Avanti Fellows Vineet Singal, CareMessage Corporate Social Innovators: Caitlyn Chen, Sustainable Social Value, Tencent Dr. Eric Cioè Peña, Center for Global Health, Northwell Health Fred Hersch, Open Health Stack, Google Health Public Social Innovators: Islam Alijaj, Die Parlamentsdienste - Les Services du Parlement - I Servizi del Parlamento and Tatkraft Trinh Huong, Agency for Enterprise Development, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam Collective Social Innovators: Ved Arya, Poonam Muttreja, and Apoorva Oza, Responsible Coalition for Resilient Communities (RCRC) Abraham Baffoe, Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI) Dr. Madeleine Ballard, Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC) World Economic Forum #wef25 #SchwabAwards25 #SocialEntrepreneurs #SocialInnovators

Read Folha de S.Paulo's article about Aline Odara, Ana Fontes, Marcos Rosa, and Robson Melo's participation in Leadership for System Change at Harvard Kennedy School: https://lnkd.in/ewvgrxZK

The world’s toughest challenges need collaborative, cross-sector solutions! The Future is Collective, developed by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship in collaboration with its community of collective social innovators, highlights 10 case studies showing how collective social innovation is reshaping systems. Read now: https://lnkd.in/eGAb6KSB Amazon Sacred Headwaters Community Solutions, Inc. Financing Alliance for Health MapBiomas ProjectTogether Khushboo Awasthi Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement StreetNet International StriveTogether Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship World Economic Forum #SocialInnovation #Collective #Action

Humanity’s Super-Power: Re-imagining Collective Social Innovation in a Fragmented World In partnership with Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and ShikshaLokam, we are hosting a session on Collective Social Innovation during Skoll World Forum in Oxford, UK on 2 April 10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. (BST). The session will also offer an opportunity to meet with and connect with Schwab Foundation awardees and partners in the social innovation ecosystem. During the session, we will also launch a report and a set of case studies on the topic: The Future is Collective: Advancing Collective Social Innovation to Address the World’s Greatest Challenges, produced in collaboration with the Foundation’s community of Collective Social Innovators. You can read the report here: https://lnkd.in/dqjZmJV6 The session will take place at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, Seminar room 3 & 4. Register for the session here: https://lnkd.in/dfytC3Eb

📊 AI and Data to Fight Deforestation MapBiomas is transforming land use monitoring with AI, satellite imaging, and open data, helping governments and civil society track deforestation in real time. ✔ Produces accurate, annual deforestation reports. ✔ Expanding across 20+ countries. ✔ Providing policymakers with essential environmental data. 📖 Read more in The Future is Collective: https://lnkd.in/eGAb6KSB 📖 Read the full case study of MapBiomas: https://lnkd.in/eZZZUacD Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship World Economic Forum #SocialInnovation #Collective #Action

Harnessing technology to uplift people and the planet! Check out this article from 2025 Corporate Social Innovator of the Year Caitlyn Chen, vice-president and head of Sustainable Social Value (SSV) at Tencent: https://lnkd.in/e8bazWEf

Some scenes of the 40 social entrepreneurs and innovators from the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship community at Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education's course on Leadership for Systemic Change.

Spent a wonderful week at the Harvard University Harvard Kennedy School. Through this week, I got to polish my skills as a leader, and got to learn more about leadership and social innovation. Already feeling inspired by an amazing Faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School, the leaders and change makers I spent a wonderful time with, Anthony Foxx Claude Grunitzky and peers with whom I got to share invaluable lessons and experiences. During my time at Harvard, I was reminded of the Greek myth of Prometheus, who revealed to humanity the secret of making fire. Listening to the various faculty members and absorbing the wealth of knowledge they shared, I felt as though we were being entrusted with our own metaphorical fire, a very powerful resource whose ultimate impact largely depends on the values of its steward, the appreciation of the resource itself, and the manner of its application. This knowledge, when guided by integrity and purpose, holds immense potential to drive meaningful social transformation. As I return to an increasingly uncertain world, I remain inspired by these words from Martin Luther King Jr, "we must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” I look forward to bringing some these valuable lessons back into my work. Special thanks to the World Economic Forum Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Motsepe Foundation BarefootLaw and the Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education for making this happen. Special thanks again, to family, individuals, institutions and strangers that have guided my leadership journey thus far. Onwards and Upwards ! BarefootLaw Danson Gichini Sophia Otoo Dr. François Bonnici Bill Rodriguez Emily Edwards Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Echoing Green King Baudouin Foundation Cheryl Dorsey The Carlyle Group

As a team, we have always believed in the power of collective action to unlock exponential change. Transformative shifts don’t happen in isolation; they emerge when people come together, driven by a shared purpose. Like anything meaningful, the pathway of collective action is not devoid of challenges and dilemmas. Who'd know this better than our beautiful community of folks at ShikshaLokam, Mantra4Change, Involve, Sanjhi Sikhiya, Samarthya, Vidhya Vidhai Foundation, EduWeave Foundation, Pravah, ComMutiny - The Youth Collective, Shiksharth, Bharat Dekho and many more...!! But keeping our eyes on the purpose and remaining problem-focused helps us understand why collaboration is indispensable. That is why this moment is truly special for us. We've been proud and grateful to be a part of the wonderful Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship community, and now, our work with Shikshagraha is being celebrated by the Foundation! This recognition is not just about us - it belongs to every partner, every leader, educator, and changemaker who believes in the power of communities to shape their own futures. #agency Here’s to collective action, shared leadership, and the relentless pursuit of educational equity! #Shikshagraha #CollectiveAction #Leadership #EducationEquity The Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives (SFPI) | Centre for Exponential Change Santosh More , Neeraj Doddamane , Vernon Noel Noronha , Shwetha Kamath , Luv Kumar , Rucha Pande , Simranpreet Singh Oberoi , Divanshu Kumar , Dr. Pratibha Narayanan , Regila Marinus , Amita Kaushik

It gives refugee children a chance to pick up essential #digital skills - and build their future. Rudayna Abdo, the founder of Thaki. Unlock their potential is a Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Social Innovator. Learn more about the Foundation's impact here: https://ow.ly/TY2g50VoZte #Refugees #SocialEnterprise