Institute for Social Entrepreneurship in Asia

This learning brief presents the social enterprises’ (SEs) experiences during the onset of the COVID-19 health pandemic in the Philippines. The paper shows how SEs and their stakeholders were affected by the crisis and their responses towards recovery and rebuilding. Further, it outlines the ways in which SEs, their support institutions, the private sector, and the government can work together to effectively cope and recover from the impact of COVID-19, towards building back better and reimagining an equitable and sustainable future. This is particularly useful to the SE sector, resource institutions, private sector partners and the government.