The Social Impact Journal

Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) make up seven of the ten countries facing the highest risk of internal displacement from extreme weather events. In the final episode of the first series of the Social Impact Journal, I talk with Krishnan Narasimhan, the Programme Manager of the Pacific Climate Insurance and Adaptation Programme with the United Nations Capital Development Fund. We dis...

There are over 1,000 favelas in Rio De Janeiro; over the last 9 years, the number of favelas in Brazil has nearly doubled and more than 16 million people call these communities home across the country. These densely populated informal urban settlements have been subjected to nearly 500 years of racial and socio-economic discrimination and with soaring inflation, a lack of basic resources, rampant...

The Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, adopted by the United Nations in 2015 are a universal call to action of seventeen development goals set out to be achieved by 2030.    In Episode 6 of the Social Impact Journal, host Jack Farren talks with Luise Ammerschuber, Founder of YESS Impact, a consulting company based in Switzerland working to support clients in implementing Sustainable Developme...

Quality healthcare is out of reach for many Nigerians due to high levels of poverty and a lack of alternative options for healthcare financing. Additionally, less than 10 per cent of waste in the country is recycled. In Episode 5, Jack Farren talks to Nonso Opurum, the Founder of SOSO Care, an innovative social enterprise allowing customers to pay for health insurance with recycled waste. They dis...

UNESCO estimates that approximately half of school aged girls do not have access to santiary products.  The challenges faced in Kenya are more significant, with 65% of girls struggling to afford basic products In Episode 4 of the Social Impact Journal, Jack Farren talks to Catherine Wanjoya, Founder & CEO of Genesis Care, about her innovations, including sanitary pad dispenses and incinerators...

Emerging technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence are changing the way our world works, but how can be used in local communities to drive social good? In Episode 3 of the Social Impact Journal, Benson Njuguna shares his story, from selling sausages in the streets of Kenya, to becoming an Ethereum Foundation Fellow, and using technology to drive impact for smallholder farmers.  W...

In the second episode of the Social Impact Journal, host Jack Farren talks with John Chambamakasa, based in Lilongwe, Malawi, on the importance of driving agribusiness in Malawi. In the episode, John shares his career story, from transitioning as an accountant to working to empower smallholder farmers and gaining experience with international organisations such as World Bank and Land O'Lakes....

In the first episode of the Social Impact Journal, host Jack Farren talks with Dr Paroma Bhattacharya,  a teaching faculty member for the Master’s in Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In the episode, we discuss Dr Paroma's experience of working with start-ups in India, time in the international development sector and teac...