Episode 5: SozialMarie 20th anniversary edition.

Welcome to the 5th edition of the Why Why Why? podcast by SocialMarie.

SozialMarie celebrated twenty years this year, and we celebrated in Vienna with the nominees for the 2024 award ceremony.

In this episode, I speak with Isabel Albrecht, a board member of Unruhe Privatstiftung (the organization that funds SozialMarie). Isabel shares her perspectives on social innovation and the achievements of SozialMarie, which is celebrating its twentieth birthday.

I also talked with two SozialMarie patrons, Barbara van Melle, and Dominik Bagola. Barbara has been a close member of the SozialMarie family for many years. She was a patron for Austria in the year 2023 and currently runs Kruste&Krume. Dominik is a musician, social innovator, expert advertising creative, and 2024 SozialMarie patron of Slovenia. Curious about his music? Search for Balladero.

I also talked with Ladislav Kossar, founder of BUDDY. This conversation touched my heart and woke up the need to keep my eyes open to the needs we usually ignore. BUDDY supports children and young people who cannot grow up in their own families. You can't miss it!

Links:

• Barbara van Melle: https://krusteundkrume.at/ueber-uns/
• Dominik Bagola: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bagoladominik/
• Ladislav Kossar: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladislav-kossar-7874a329/ 

Do you want to check all the social innovators that participated in the 2024 competition? Follow this link to download the entire brochure:
https://sozialmarie.org/assets/media/sozialmarie_boschure_2024.pdf