Social entrepreneurs struggle to strike a balance

Working with the system: Social entrepreneurs need to recognise that they cannot solve every problem on their own. — Reuters

FROM tackling pollution to improving access to healthcare, social entrepreneurs try to use businesses to help solve some of the world’s greatest problems but many agree the magnitude of doing so with limited means can take a personal toll.

At the Skoll World Forum, Britain’s leading conference on social entrepreneurship, about 1,200 leaders from social enterprises and non-profit organisations from more than 80 countries last week discussed their greatest challenges.