Gigih Septianto is the co-founder and executive director of WeCare.id, an Indonesia-based crowdfunding platform that aims to close gaps in healthcare financing through collective philanthropic actions.

WeCare.id enables patients and medical communities, including hospitals and other organizations, to fundraise and seek donors for their priority medical needs.

Gaining access to adequate healthcare is a primary goal of WeCare.id as Indonesians living in underprivileged areas often need to self-fund the cost of getting to places with medical facilities capable of treating their conditions. 

Gigih’s goal of improving access to care first took root as a child, when his parents opened a small village medical clinic.

Witnessing patients seeking treatment and alleviation from pain made him understand the importance of access to care and ultimately motivated him to design a platform to facilitate access.

When COVID-19 struck, Gigih and his colleagues adjusted WeCare.id’s operations to coordinate contributions, operate warehouses, and distribute personal protective equity to more than 3,000 healthcare providers across the country.

In addition to his work with WeCare.id, Gigih is an active member of Global Shapers Community, a youth network under World Economic Forum, and he nurtures a small community that provides mental health support for entrepreneurs called @foundingwell.