Jean-Marc Borello of Groupe SOS (groupe-sos.org)
Region: Europe
Country: France
Focus: Education, Health, Housing
Groupe SOS is an umbrella social enterprise overseeing 330 stand-alone organisations addressing social needs. Today, with 12,000 employees in 330 organisations, Groupe SOS is arguably the world’s largest social enterprise. Groupe SOS’s portfolio of services encompasses youth, employment, health, senior citizens, and more. For example, it operates 33 youth centres in France serving 2000 children from disadvantaged families, many of whom have severe disabilities, including several centres for youth offenders. Groupe SOS’s family of social enterprises directly impact over one million people annually in 20 countries.
