Social Entrepreneur Speakers Series – Mr. Bart, founder of Apopo
We are honored to have invited a famous Social Entrepreneur from Africa, Mr. Bart Weetjens, the Founder of Apopo or HeroRATs to share with us his social enterprise and his personal story as a successful social entrepreneur. He trained rats for landmines detection, tuberculosis detection as well as remote scent tracing which saved thousand of lives around the world.
Details:
Date: Wednesday (19th Oct 2011)
Time: 1.30pm – 3pm
Venue: Foundation Chamber, G01, G/F, Elliot Hall
Dresscode: Smart Casual
Key Accomplishments:
l 2010: APOPO’s HeroRATs attract large-scale international media attention, with features on BBC, CNN, and in the New York Times newspaper.
l APOPO’s HeroRATS have returned 1.3 million square meters of suspected minefields to original populations in Mozambique, impacting more than 50,000 individuals.
l This African approach is now being copied in Latin America and South East Asia.
l APOPO’s HeroRATS diagnosed over 900 TB patients in Tanzania and prevented TB infection in 13,500 healthy people.
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