Microfinance Focus, November 29, 2011: Social entrepreneur and founder of Microinsurance Academy, Dr. David Dror receives the “Global Citizen Lifetime Achievement Karmaveer Puraskaar-2011-12” awarded by the iCONGO (Indian Confederation of NGOs).

Dr. Dror developed a community based health insurance model to deliver to the poor, a demand-driven, context-relevant, nonprofit, mutual-aid microinsurance. Community members participate in their own risk assessment and design a suitable product to meet their specific needs. The community based health insurance (CBHI) model has been implemented in six sites in the states of Orissa, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal.

Dr Dror had been instrumental in starting CBHI pilot project in the Banke district, Nepal, with the technical support from Micro Insurance Academy.

Microinsurance Academy (MIA) specializes in providing systematic technical support to resource-poor communities. The training tools MIA has developed are an important part of the microinsurance implementation process

The iCONGO is a coalition of NGOs, which brings together a wide cross-section of various charities, corporate and media companies, trusts & foundations, government bodies, individual citizens and thought leaders from all sectors.