LGT Impact Fellowship – Making a lasting impact on the world

How COVID-19 adds another layer to struggles for Girls’ Education in Rajasthan/India

By Dr. Geeta Deshmukh, LGT Impact Fellow at Educate Girls, India Being from Public health background, I have always believed that education is one of the primary social determinants of…more

10th May 2021,

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How COVID-19 has affected the global health financing landscape

By Kathryn Cassibry, LGT Impact Fellow at mothers2mothers, Mozambique As an LGT Impact Fellow for the 2020-2021 intake, it’s quite difficult to write on any topic that doesn’t revolve around…more

31st March 2021,

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A Data Science Engineer’s Fellowship Journey in the Post-COVID-19 Scenario

By Sutapa Bhattacharya, LGT Impact Fellow for Educate Girls, India When I applied for the LGT Impact Fellowship in mid-March of last year, it was a different world altogether. There…more

28th February 2021,

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Notes from the Field: Landscape Resilience in the face of Global Pandemic.

By Joshua Ayuo, LGT Impact Fellow for Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association, Kenya About MMWCA As an umbrella body, the Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) brings together various local…more

29th January 2021,

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LGT Impact Fellow Spotlight: Kathrin Hassler

Kathrin was part of the LGT Impact Fellowship 2015 cohort. With a solid track record of more than 10 years in Financial Services she now has started a new role…more

3rd December 2020,

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Testimonial by Saumya Saxena, Fellow at Varthana, India

Drawing from his management consulting and not for profit experience in the urban development and education sectors, Saumya was tasked with augmenting the process of scaling the management consulting for…more

28th October 2020,

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Testimonial by Tracey Albert, Fellow at Aangan Trust, India

Having worked in the social impact space for over 7 years, Tracey’s mission during her Fellowship was to assist the leadership team at Aangan Trust, in building a platform that…more

28th September 2020,

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Three Alumni Fellows sharing insights into their impressive career paths post-Fellowship

Tom Kagerer (Investment Director, LGT Venture Philanthropy) discusses with three inspiring Alumni Fellows how the Fellowship has equipped them for their career transition post-Fellowship, what skills they acquired during the…more

2nd September 2020,

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Testimonials by mothers2mothers Malawi: insights from Fellow Diana, her line manager Chileshe and her colleague Tendai

Diana Quintero is just about to finish her LGT Impact Fellowship. As a Fellow of the 2019 cohort, she has spent 12 months in Lilongwe in Malawi, where she supported…more

24th August 2020,

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Varthana CEO and Alumni Fellows discuss the added value of the LGT Impact Fellowship at Arthan’s “Investing for Good” conference

The LGT Impact Fellowship was kindly invited to host a session at the "Investing for Good" conference, which Arthan organized as part of their «Building Civil Society Organizations of the…more

20th August 2020,

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Empowering communities towards sustainable impact

By Tracey Albert, LGT Impact Fellow for Aangan Trust, Mumbai, India Aangan works in 15 hotspots across Mumbai, wherein the city’s drastic economic disparity is placing its vulnerable children at…more

21st July 2020,

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Seeing the Simple Amidst a Complex Health Challenge

By Steve Rudner, LGT Impact Fellow for mothers2mothers, Cape Town, South Africa Sometimes, the seemingly simple things in life are the most effective. For example, who would you rather discuss…more

28th May 2020,

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