Vera Cordeiro founded Associação Saúde Criança in 1991 to provide holistic assistance to children and their families living below the poverty line. ASC works in conjunction with public hospitals promoting self-sustainable, biopsychosocial well-being. The organisation has received over 25 national and international awards. In 2011, ASC was chosen by Volans and JWT as one of the “50 Stars in Seriously Long-Term Innovation” and in 2012 ASC was selected as one of the Top 100 NGOs in the world by the Swiss magazine Global Journal.
2012 SESSIONS
Transforming Healthcare for the 21st Century: Innovations from the Ground Up
Location: Seminar Room A
We live in an age of climate change, water scarcity, chemical exposures, population displacement, economic instability, and other challenges that impact health. By situating itself more squarely at the intersection of clinical care and the realities of local communities, healthcare can be transformed to improve community health, not just manage chronic disease. Skoll grantees will present innovative, on-the-ground approaches to make this new comprehensive vision and practice of healthcare a reality, followed by a lively discussion with attendees to collectively architect the global healthcare system of the future.
Speakers: Andrea Coleman, Gary Cohen, Rebecca Onie, Vera Cordeiro
2011 SESSIONS
Holistic Solution Or Mission Creep: Is the Risk Worth the Reward?
The most successful social innovators change, revise and augment their strategies frequently to address problems on a larger scale and at a deeper level. This process of continuous evolution and reinvention is fraught with uncertainty and the potential for failure. It also demands ongoing experimentation, growth and learning. Three social entrepreneurs talk about the difficult decisions they made to increase the scale and depth of their impact—and the steps they took to mitigate the inherent risks.
Speakers: David Bornstein, Vera Cordeiro, Amitabha Sadangi, Sebastien Marot
2009 SESSIONS
Community Development: Transforming What Is Possible
Practitioner Showcase: It has long been recognised that real change for real people in communities around the world happens from the ground up. Social entrepreneurs have learned that it is only with the support of community members – from tribal chiefs to the school teachers, midwives to factory managers – that long-term, sustainable social change can be achieved. Three leaders will discuss the strategies they used to develop and maintain engagement with local communities to create new opportunities for economic self reliance and poverty alleviation.
Speakers: Keely Stevenson, Craig Kielburger, Martin Burt, Vera Cordeiro
2008 SESSIONS
Innovation And Change In Government Culture
Across the world there is ongoing debate about how to reform the public sector to deliver better services for all. The panel will consider how social entrepreneurs can interact with government to change the culture of the public sector and innovate to bring about improvements in the provision of public goods. Speakers will explore new relationships between different sectors and the potential for radical new hybrid organisations.
