Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Mukti Bosco of Healing Fields Foundation Is Helping To Change Our World

You are always looked at as “different.” I have had the good fortune to straddle both my husband’s corporate sector, and my world of the development sector. I have always been looked at as the “social worker” and many times not been taken seriously.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact,” I had the pleasure of interviewing Mukti Bosco, Founder & Secretary General, Healing Fields Foundation.

Mukti Bosco is an Ashoka Fellow, known for her efforts in health and women’s empowerment, leading a preventive health education program reaching over six million families in India. Since starting Healing Fields in 2000, Mukti has been continuously striving to find innovative solutions to India’s health challenges.

Her deep understanding of the communities and their needs led to the development of a highly innovative micro health insurance program at a time when the majority of Indians were not insured. The uniqueness of the health insurance product and model was recognized nationally and internationally.