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From Darth Vader to Social Innovator: SalaUno’s formula for success
With influences ranging from Aravind Eye Care to low-cost airlines, SalaUno has established itself as one of the most innovative social enterprises in Latin America. Specializing in low-cost cataract surgery and other vision care, it achieved profitability within two months of opening, and its founders have been hailed as some of the region’s top entrepreneurs. In this interview, SalaUno co-founder Javier Okhuysen explains how they did it.
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- Health Care, Social Enterprise
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Micro Co-Ops for Macro Markets: Land O’Lakes finds success with dairy farmers in Malawi
The five-year program by Land O’Lakes, supported by a grant from USAID, set up or expanded 23 milk bulking groups across the country. The result? Farmers’ incomes were boosted, and they got access to productivity-enhancing inputs, insurance coverage, technical training and community prestige.
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- Agriculture
