What Do Parents Want for Their Children’s Education?
by Svyatoslav Pashchenko - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 When I think of boarding school, the first image that comes is an elite preparatory school. It’s certainly not something I thought…more
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Sliding Down the Indian Rabbit Hole
by Pete Troiano - LGT Impact Fellow 2016/17 I remember the exact moment it started. My bank card got rejected from every ATM I tried to use. The screen displayed…more
Social Mapping – How colorful hues are making door-to-door surveys more effective
by Prianka Sharma - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 A 4 hour journey from Indore in the wee hours of the morning and we arrived in Pipal Tola – a village…more
Celebrating the Girl Child… for the Wrong Reasons
by Kausha Shah - LGT Impact Fellow 2017 Bundi- my last frontier. On my assignment interviewing Educate Girls’ stakeholders, I had already travelled to Udaipur, Pali and Jhabua. I had…more
It’s like Falling Out of a Plane!
Myself (center) with a few staff. I was lucky to have worked with and to see their skill and career growth over 11 months. by Andrew Herweg - LGT Impact…more
A Fellowship dedicated to data-driven innovation in providing affordable and high-quality healthcare in Brazil
by Laurie Barenblat - LGT Impact Fellow 2016 Founded in 2011, dr.consulta is a network of low-cost, pay-per-service medical centers in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, offering affordable and…more
Integrated access to finance for small-holder farmers: starting an innovative agri-finance company in the Philippines
by Jonna Bickel - LGT Impact Fellow 2016 As an agribusiness company specializing on high-quality crops like cacao beans, Kennemer Foods International enables small-holder farmers in the Philippines to grow…more
The Power of Impact and Innovation: Fascinations and Challenges for Social Enterprises in China
by Amy Zheng - LGT Investment Associate Fellow 2015 “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times; it is the age of wisdom, it is the…more
Digital Marketing: Special Considerations & Challenges for Social Entreprises
by Rachel Messina – LGT Impact Fellow 2015 At the end of August 2015, I embarked on a whirlwind move from New York City to Mumbai. In New York City…more
Alumni Spotlight: Raliat Sunmonu, 2016 cohort
Raliat Sunmonu, LGT Impact Fellow 2016Senior Director, Africa Program Management at Accion The LGT Impact Fellowship offers experienced business professionals the opportunity to work full-time for one year with impactful…more
How Meds & Food for Kids saves children’s lives and develops Haiti
Hello everyone! My name is Kathrin Hassler and I am the Finance and Business Development Officer at Meds & Food for Kids (MFK) in Haiti. For six years I put…more
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