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J.P. Morgan Mentoring Program: “Experiencing Social Entrepreneurship”

Launched in 2016, “Experiencing Social Entrepreneurship” is an annual program that matches social entrepreneurs from Ashoka’s network of Fellows with teams of mentors from J.P. Morgan. This program is aimed on one side at supporting leading innovators to tackle their most pressing organization...

Olivier-Hugues Terreault

Ashoka Fellow since Ago 2014

Brazil

Teatro do Sopro

Olivier-Hugues Terreault is preparing Brazilian society to be able to care for their growing elderly population. Through an innovative clowning therapy, he is equipping caregivers and seniors themselves with tools for communication, meanwhile his work with decision makers and the general population...

Olivier-Hugues Terreault

Ashoka Fellow since Ago 2014

Brazil

Teatro do Sopro

Caroline Kant

Ashoka Fellow since Apr 2014

Switzerland

EspeRare

Today, there are 7000 rare diseases affecting 250 millions people in Europe and only 5% have an approved treatment. Caroline is accelerating the cost-effective development of unexplored therapeutic opportunities in rare diseases by addressing key translational gaps and clinical development...

Mirian Assumpcao e Lima

Ashoka Fellow since Ott 2002

Brazil

Mírian Assumpção e Lima is teaching police officers and community members to work together to reduce violent crime and improve public safety in Brazilian cities.

Mirian Assumpcao e Lima

Ashoka Fellow since Ott 2002

Brazil

Mírian Assumpção e Lima is teaching police officers and community members to work together to reduce violent crime and improve public safety in Brazilian cities.

Harley Henriques do Nascimento

Ashoka Fellow since Dic 1998

Brazil

GAPA-Bahia: Grupo de Apoio a Prevencao a AIDS

Harley Henriques do Nascimento is combatting the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus in the poverty-stricken Brazilian state of Bahia through a network of peer educators based in the region's disenfranchised communities.

Harley Henriques do Nascimento

Ashoka Fellow since Dic 1998

Brazil

GAPA-Bahia: Grupo de Apoio a Prevencao a AIDS

Johann Olav Koss

Ashoka Fellow since Lug 2009

Canada

Right to Play

When I started Right To Play, the biggest focus was to provide as many children as possible with access to our child-centered, play-based programs. Then, there were 37,000 children in our programs. Now, 15 years later, we’re reaching over one million children every single week. This evolution has...

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Márcio José Brando Santilli

Ashoka Fellow since Nov 1989

Brazil

Years before international media showed the world shocking images of Amazon Indians suffering and dying from contact with white invaders, Marcio Santilli, 35, has championed indigenous peoples' rights in Brazil. That is why as a federal deputy he was named to the congressional commission on Indian...