Social Impact Heroes: Why & How Varun Sheth of Ketto Is Helping To Change Our World

Highlighting the healthcare needs of the country — around 80 percent of the population live without any form of health insurance and 63 percent of all medical emergency costs being out-of-pocket expenses — most families exhaust their entire savings and additionally, borrow money at high-interest rates, to finance their medical costs. This alone drives millions of families into the depths of poverty every year. In recent years, medical crowdfunding has played an instrumental role for such families, enabling them to afford quality medical care for their loved ones.

As part of my series about “individuals and organizations making an important social impact”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Varun Sheth, Co-Founder & CEO of Ketto.org.

Varun is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ketto.org, Asia’s largest online crowdfunding platform which enables people to raise funds for a wide variety of sustainable causes from…