IXL Social Enterprise Case Studies Food Security January 2013

BREAKING THE POVERTY CYCLE

Social Enterprise Challenge
Food Security in Urban Slums by 2018
With Special Call to Action by President Bill Clinton
Of almost a billion people who need food security, 200 million live in urban slums. Poor slum dwellers
struggle to get safe, sufficient, affordable and easily accessible food. Food security in slums is not a
priority for governments, the private sector and NGOs. Social enterprises may be the best option to
address this issue. However, building successful social enterprises in slums will be difficult.
Can we build sustainable, scalable and fast-growing social enterprises to reduce food
insecurity in slums by 2018?

Written by:
Hitendra Patel, Ronald Jonash, Kristen Anderson and Julius Bautista

110 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02141

Version 1.0, January 2013

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