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
Health
HIV-Positive Mothers working to eradicate pediatric AIDS
Meet four powerful HIV+ Mothers who are working to end pediatric AIDS. "Helping people helped me heal inside." – Viwe, Mentor Mother and Khayelitsha site coordinator My first weeks working…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
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
What it means to be a ‘Social business’ – Made In Haiti, By Haitians, For Haitians
Social business and social entrepreneurship are ‘buzz words’ that have been dominating the social sector in recent years. Although I had dabbled part-time in social business, I didn't feel like…more
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…more
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…more
Making An Impact When You Are One In A Billion
I have struggled for months to put into words how this time in India as an iCats fellow has made me feel, and today, I will try to express what…more
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…more
MBPT rollout @m2m
Monday was the big day for the mother baby pair tracking project where we rolled out 20 smartphones to five sites around South Africa in one of the poorest townships…more