By Lisa Cannon
Social entrepreneurs around the world are putting their creative energies to work to solve some of society's most intractable problems.
Whether they are stemming the destruction of the Amazon or protecting and educating children living on the streets in India, social entrepreneurs tend to be so passionate and compelling about their work, that they are generally able to convince others in their societies to donate their time, money and skills to help get the job done.
In doing so, they often create new civil society organizations (CSOs) specifically designed to address the problems at hand in an original way. Most of the problems they are tackling, because they are big and complex, take years and even decades to solve. Thus, not only is there a need for the creation of new organizations, but also for sustaining these organizations and the benefits they produce.
