From the Desert sand to the Amazonian rivers
Most can say that living in an Industrial Mexican-US border city with over 350 factories within 1.5 million people is a paradise for an Industrial Engineer like me. However what…more
Making a lasting impact on the world
In this blog, the LGT Venture Philanthropy teams and LGT Impact Fellows post on trends and challenges in the impact investing sector, social entrepreneurship as well as their experiences as LGT Impact Fellows. Enjoy the read!
First Impressions (Or Finding Comfort in a Sea of Colorful Chaos)
Transition is never easy, yet somehow I have managed to stay sane in the hectic metropolis known as Mumbai. Maybe I can attribute my success to previous experience living in…more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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