2015 - LGT Impact Fellowship

Do’s and Don’ts of Data Capture: Some lessons from an ICats fellow who wanted to (somehow) change the world through data collection

Back in late 2014, I decided to become a LGT VP ICats Fellow and part of an agribusiness company, which seeks to help increase the income and consequently, the quality…more

14th December 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

Social Impact: Loving vs Doing the Idea (Impressions from my first-hand experience with Agriculture)

Around early October 2014, I made one of the biggest decisions in my career. I was to move to a new city, into an industry I don’t know much about,…more

14th December 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

David versus Goliath

On the 4th of November I went for the second time to the Govandi slum in Mumbai. Govandi is situated next to one of the biggest and oldest garbage dumping…more

19th November 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

Celebrating International Youth Day and youth civic engagement in Mumbai

After more than 10 years I found myself in a classroom again, surrounded by more than thirty 14 to 17-years-old. I was participating in a very important meeting, a celebration…more

18th August 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

ICats Alumna talks about founding lovedoctor.in after her Fellowship

Former ICats Fellow Avani talks about how the ICats Fellowship helped her founding lovedoctor.in in India. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R9xOeaN7Mw&feature=youtu.bemore

17th August 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

Some views, figures and stories on government education

A field visit and the importance of the context A few months ago, I travelled to the district of Pali, Rajasthan, for my first field visit. It was an essential…more

28th July 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from Indonesia

Martin Zuercher (Switzerland) works as Chief Financial Consultant at Javara in Indonesia a company that provides smallholder farmers and local agricultural processors in Indonesia with a holistic solution that allows…more

24th July 2015,

LGT Team

ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from India

David Hayman (United Kingdom) works as Program Expansion Fellow at Educate Girls in India which focuses on improving girls’ enrolment, retention and academic performance in government schools. Educate Girls volunteer…more

23rd July 2015,

LGT Team

ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from the Philippines

Gemeniano Crisante (The Philippines) works as Grower Management Specialist at KFI in the Philippines, a company that specializes in the sustainable growing, sourcing, and trading of high-quality agricultural crops. This…more

21st July 2015,

LGT Team

#ActNow for Child Protection

I take the local train to go to work every day. The most heart-breaking part of my trip is Mahim Junction. In this particular area, every day I see half…more

12th June 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

HIV-Positive Mothers working to eradicate pediatric AIDS

Meet four powerful HIV+ Mothers who are working to end pediatric AIDS. "Helping people helped me heal inside." – Viwe, Mentor Mother and Khayelitsha site coordinator My first weeks working…more

21st May 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

Annual Union Budget of India

On February 28th the Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, presented the Union Budget for 2015-16. To quote trak.in, “the budget 2015-16 has been widely hailed as a #SuperBudget, which will…more

19th May 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow