Testimonials

Bill Drayton  - Founder - Ashoka Innovations for the Public

“Renascer is an extraordinary, world class work of heart and entrepreneurship.  Its founder, Vera Cordeiro, had the depth of caring and steadiness of vision to see the problem - that hospital cures of terribly ill children without changes in the causes of their becoming ill were no cures at all.  The problem stared thousands of others in the eye, but it takes an entrepreneur truly to see. Especially when a solution requires stepping out beyond disciplinary and organizational boundaries. Other doctors could not imagine dealing with all of the non-medical aspects of life, of reaching across lines, of reaching out beyond the walls of their hospitals and offices.

Being a true social entrepreneur, Vera of course, did not stop with diagnosis. She acted. She attracted volunteers and raised the resources to intervene. She and her team went to work with the children and their families. Since the goal ultimately was to make the home safe and healthy for the children, they went after root causes, not short-run palliatives.  Moreover, year in, year out, they continue developing their methodology – steadily experimenting, refining and experimenting again. They have now reached the point where the spread at their approach is gaining momentum.
This is the arc of the world’s truly excellent social entrepreneurs. No one can stop Renascer and Vera: They care too much.”