Enseña Chile: Transformational Teaching
I am part of a vibrant team of high qualified professionals who are dedicating one year of their professional & private lives in locations all over the world creating direct social impact on the field. The…
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Saving kid’s lives and developing Haiti, it’s all about peanut butter!
Hello everyone, my name is Julian Antony and I have recently joined Meds and Food for Kids Haiti as a Financial Analysis Officer, through the ICATS 2013 fellowship. I’ve spent the last 5 years in…
Una semana en Monterrey
Hello! I am Nicolas, the new SWAP Fellow for LGT Venture Philanthropy in Monterrey, México. Before joining the iCat Program, I worked in a big global investment bank and decided to take a sharp turn…
Bio of Madame Marie Lourdes Acene – Meds & Food for Kids Farmer
Madame Marie Lourdes Acene Born in northeastern Haiti, Madame Marie Lourdes Acene moved to Iladan to live with her husband, whom she met at school. Together they have 6 children and 6 grand children. To earn…
A Rollercoaster of Emotions
After the novelty of capturing photos worthy of the front pages of National Geographic, New York Times and Washington Post wears off the harsh reality of life in Haiti hits home. The lines “I’m so…
Transitioning to Cap Haitien, Haiti – Meds & Food for Kids
Haiti has a special way of making a week feel like a month and perceiving progress happening in reverse. Trying to describe Haiti to someone that has never been here is a real challenge. Words…
Stories from an iCats fellow in Nicaragua: how to build more resilient communities in flood prone areas
Dear future applicant to the 2013 iCats fellowship program, If you are reading this blog you might be asking yourself whether it is worth to make a “pause” in you business career and put your…
The final destination – history, myth, magic & faith
A couple of days ago Alex Proimos, iCat fellow for Ciudad Saludable, and me set out to visit the old lima cemetery called “Presbitero Matías Maestro” which was a great and eye-opening experience. We took…
A day of humility
It’s a lazy Sunday here in Peru. For me it’s a chance to just catch up on things that I didn’t get around to finishing during the past week. Living away from home there is…
The Real Struggle…
Walking through the trendy and bohemian Barranco district in Lima this past weekend I caught an image of a mother sitting in an alleyway keeping her young children occupied while attempting to sell candy and cigarettes to…
What made me say YES! to social enterprise
“It all started while getting my MBA…” This is not something that I said but the person who said is the one that inspired me to say “YES” to social enterprise. I mean think of this,…
The existence of Society’s Chinese Wall.
A couple of days ago, as I was walking to my apartment, I found myself with the scene above. A protest was underway about some new developments hip-trendy apartment developments in Barranco’s neighborhood, which seems…