LGT Impact Fellowship

Europe

Introducing the new ICats Fellows 2014 cohort

The ICats 2014 cohort arrived well in their Fellowship destinations early February 2014 to start working with their host organizations. LGT Venture Philanthropy would like to welcome this 12 outstanding…more

11th February 2014,

LGT Team

Europe

Impressions ICats 2013

ICats have unforgettable experiences during their capacity building Fellowship with LGT Venture Philanthropy, a leading impact investing organization. Enjoy their pictures - click on the pictures to see the full…more

10th February 2014,

LGT Team

LatAm

Inspiration from the field: Visiting malnutrition clinics in Haiti

Working in a Finance capacity in the development sector makes it easy to get detached from the ‘front line’ and lose track of the organization’s ‘raison d’etre’ from time to…more

19th November 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

A Road Less Traveled

A young girl walks up a mountain road. Not quite twenty yet, her thoughts are full of the celebrations planned for the annual day event on the morrow, and the…more

13th October 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

m2m Hackathon

Mothers2Mothers is game changing and award winning NGO that focuses on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. It features an innovative "mentor mother" model where HIV positive women…more

12th October 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

LatAm

School Feeding Programs, an Investment in the future of Haiti

I recently had the privilege of visiting some schools in low-income neighborhoods of Cap Haitien, to observe some of the school feeding programs that Meds and Foods for Kids (MFK)…more

30th September 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

A visit to the field

After several months without going to the field, I finally got a chance this week to return to rural Rajasthan where Educate Girls’ runs its program. For me this is…more

4th September 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

Why is Educate Girls launching the first Payment-by-Results program in India?

Alex and I have been quite busy lately at Educate Girls… Many exciting projects are taking shape, meaning that the work load is constantly increasing. A great opportunity for us…more

3rd September 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

LatAm

Gamaliel Álvarez, an entrepreneur impacting the value – and the values – of a region

July in Florencia tastes like rain, it is the month in which it only takes two minutes for a light drizzle to become a storm. Once it starts you just…more

16th August 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

LatAm

If it would be easy

If it would be easy, comfortable and with no loss at all, what would be the merit in joining a social cause through a fellowship program such as ICats -…more

4th July 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Others

SPIEF, Russia Nr. 1

Two weeks ago I attended SPIEF (http://www.forumspb.com/#) in St. Petersburg (SPG), Russia. It is one of the biggest conferences in Russia, very much modeled after the Davos meeting of the…more

3rd July 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Europe

Want to maximize impact? Invest in Public Goods

The growth of impact investing and social enterprise is a promising addition to the social sector but few organizations focus on what may be the most substantial type of investment:…more

25th June 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow