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SEHNAZ LAYIKEL, RUSIHAK[ turkey ]her idea: improving access to mentalhealthcare in Turkey.her approach: deconstructing the top-downmedical approach that continues todehumanise individuals with mentaldisabilities in Turkey. Improvedliving conditions for mental healthpatients, including better mealsand more recess time.Boehringer Ingelheim employee Dr ThomasFranke supports the institution FundaciónEducational, which focuses on nutritioneducation in Latin America.The Argentinian “Youth Venture”project, “Distensionáte”, provides trainingin domestic electrical installation tosocially vulnerable youth, who findthemselves at high risk of accidents dueto insecure electrical conditions. Thisvital training programme aims to combatthe problem of dangerous and nontrainedelectrical installation as well asincrease legitimate, worthwhile job opportunitiesfor participants.At the heart of the Indonesia-based“Youth Venture” project, “Maestro GreenRadio”, is a radio show promoting environmentalawareness. The programme ison air twice a day and delivers a varietyof messages about environmental preservation.“Boehringer Ingelheim Executivein Residence”Boehringer Ingelheim employees supportyoung changemakers and also establishedsocial entrepreneurs andtheir businesses in various ways. Employeeengagement with social entrepreneursdirectly calls on the employees’talent to bring about lastingchange in the field of health. This aspectof “Making More Health” forms abridge between Boehringer Ingelheim’sexpertise and competence and the innovativecapabilities of the social entrepreneurs.An element of the “Making More Health”commitment to bring employees andsocial entrepreneurs together is the“Boehringer Ingelheim Executive inResidence” programme (see right). Thisplaces employees in the field with thesocial entrepreneurs so they may directlysupport the social entrepreneurs’business for a certain period.While the employees are providing specificbusiness skills, they are also learningand developing valuable leadershipcompetencies during the experiencewith the social entrepreneur. The socialprojects Boehringer Ingelheim employeessupport are critical to the businessof the social entrepreneur and expandthe businesses impact to individualsand communities where it is most criti-20 Boehringer Ingelheim annual report 2012