Bart Weetjens is a Zen priest and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of APOPO, an international humanitarian organization that trains rats to save human lives by detecting landmines and diseases. His work was recognized by Ashoka, the Schwab Foundation, the World Economic Forum and he won a Skoll Award for social entrepreneurship. Based on a vision that well-being inspires well-doing, he joined The Wellbeing Project to help shift the culture in the field of social change to a more caring and compassionate one, with more support for the inner wellbeing of social change leaders. After 12 years of working in Tanzania, Africa, Bart moved back to his birth place Antwerp, Belgium, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
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TEDxMünchen 2018
FAITH. LOVE. HOPE.
November 18, 2018
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Bart is a Zen priest and social entrepreneur. He is the founder of APOPO, an international humanitarian organisation that trains rats to save human lives by detecting landmines and disease. His work was recognised by Ashoka, the Schwab Foundation to the World Economic Forum and he won a Skoll Award for social entrepreneurship. Based on a vision that wellbeing inspires well-doing, he joined The Wellbeing Project to help shift the culture in the field of social change to a more caring and compassionate one, with more support for the inner wellbeing of social change leaders. After 12 years of working in Tanzania, Africa, Bart moved back to his birth place Antwerp, Belgium, where he lives with his wife and two daughters. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx