LGT Impact Fellowship

LatAm

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

25th April 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

Others

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

17th January 2017,

LGT Impact Fellow

Others

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

10th October 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

India

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

27th July 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa

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

12th April 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

LatAm

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

22nd January 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

Others

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

Others

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

India

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

India

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

India

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

India

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