2010 Ashoka Globalizer Vienna Fellows


Vijay Aditya

Organization: Ekgaon Technologies

Country: India

Vijay enables businesses to reach customers at the bottom of the pyramid with financial, agricultural and citizen services. Across South Asian countries, his Ekgaon platform technology reaches 40,000 groups with its free microfinance management information system alone, and is ready for BOP solutions worldwide.

Sanjeev Arora

Organization: Project ECHO

Country: United States

Sanjeev’s project ECHO uses telemedicine, case-based learning, and best practice protocols to expand access to care for patients in rural areas with hepatitis C and other chronic, complex conditions. Proven to deliver medical care and retain medical staff in a variety of rural areas, ECHO is now ready to go global.

Rodrigo Baggio

Organization: Center for Digital Inclusion

Country: Brazil

With his 753 CDI community centers, Rodrigo has empowered 1.2 million disadvantaged youth and adults in 12 countries to use information technology to become changemakers in their communities. Rodrigo wants to go beyond South America to drive digital inclusion and entrepreneurship.

Jeroo Billimoria

Organization: Aflatoun

Country: Netherlands

Having brought ChildLine to over 120 countries, Jeroo is now about to take ChildFinance global. Building on Aflatoun's success in providing financial education, ChildFinance is poised to create a network of financial services for one million children by 2020.

Jean-Marc Borello

Organization: Groupe SOS

Country: France

Jean-Marc’s Groupe SOS is a holding of more than 130 French citizen ventures that promote professional inclusion and raise the bar for third sector innovation. While many like Sports without Borders and Article 23 are already international, he now plans to bring his social innovation toolbox to citizen organizations globally.

Caroline Casey

Organization: Kanchi

Country: Ireland

Through the Ability Awards and her growing network of over 100 Ability Businesses, Kanchi has changed the perception of disability. Having reached 20% of the Irish working population within three years, Caroline is now launching franchises in Spain - with other countries soon to follow.

Steve Collins

Organization: Valid International

Country: Ireland

Steve has revolutionized community-based therapeutic care of Severe Acute Malnutrition through ready-to-use food and more effective distribution. His organizations Valid International and Valid Nutrition have spread the system internationally and reach 1 million children. He partners with businesses to achieve even greater coverage.

Jürgen Griesbeck

Organization: streetfootballworld

Country: Germany

Streetfootballworld is a network of over 80 civil society organizations that use football as a tool for development and social change. As an official 2010 FIFA World Cup partner, Jürgen leverages the momentum to expand his ecosystem, create a marketplace for changemakers, and tap into the social investment potential of football.

Andreas Heinecke

Organization: Dialogue in the Dark

Country: Germany

With Dialogue in the Dark and Dialogue in Silence, Andreas has created platforms to empower blind and deaf people as guides or trainers. Having transformed the perception of over 6 million visitors and created employment for 6,000 disabled people, Andreas next hopes to reach 100 million participants in cities globally.

Sompop Jantraka

Organization: Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities

Country: Thailand

Sompop’s organization DEPDC fights social issues related to global market phenomena like human trafficking and exploitation. His education-for-prevention programs operate internationally in the Mekong delta, and now move to address these issues in key global origin, transition and destination countries.