Understanding and Strengthening Women's Presence
The “iKnow” Concert Series first started as a small concert in 2014 hosting 4,000. Astoundingly, by 2019, it had hosted a total of 300,000 while providing additional health benefits; HIV testing, products for reproductive health, cancer screening, etc. It was a massive success, and the ability to use music to together communities is commendable.
Ramsar Convention and Ecotourism
Public Health and Music Work Group
Social Media Content for Children in Uganda
Public Health & Music Recommendations
Cultural Exchange & Impact Research Paper
Capitalism has paved the road for multiple states of development in the world. In hindsight, capitalism has motivated the usage of exploitation as a tool to build capital at the dismissal of humanitarianism. The temptation of building capital has inherently concentrated wealth and created cultural immersion. Eastern Africa, however, has untapped cultural immersion activity and development.
World Down Syndrome Day
Kampala Social Impact Remuneration Survey for Global Livingston Institute/Staffable Africa
During the spring semester of 2019, a capstone team from the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs (CIPA) partnered with staff from the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) and Staffable Africa on designing a remuneration survey for organizations working in the sectors of social impact and social enterprise 1n Kampala, Uganda.
Water and Sanitation Practices Surrounding Lake Bunyonyi Uganda
In 2013 Global Livingston Institute completed work on Entusi, a resort that would serve as a community hub for community development, leadership, research, and the formation of new partnerships. The authors of this paper worked closely with Global Livingston Institute to complete the research described in this paper.
Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm
When interviews facilitated by past Capstone teams illuminated former child soldiers’ need and want for a capacity-building initiative centered on enhancing their agricultural proficiency, GLI launched the Sustainable Farming Collaborative/Model Farm initiative in Spring 2018 with a cohort of 60 villagers.
Cornell Capstone Team and Global Livingston Institute
In Spring 2017, the Cornell Institute of Public Affairs (CIPA) capstone team—Quynh Tong, Yang Li, Rafia Farooqul, and Jazlin Gomez, worked with and provided pro bono consulting services for the Global Livingston Institute (GLI), a non-governmental organization in Uganda dedicated to cultivating global understanding of poverty and fostering healthier communities.
Women and Workforce Literature Review
New Faces New Voices, an advocacy group that focuses on getting women involved in the financial sector in Africa summed up some of the effects of social impact investing on women specifically. The report stated that “women-owned businesses in Africa are growing at a faster rate than women-owned businesses worldwide.”
Improving Menstruation Management in Uganda
Needs Assessment - Musanze District, Rwanda prepared for The Global Livingston Institute
As recent graduates of Environmental Studies programs at the University of Colorado and Portland State University our interest in pursuing this work-study opportunity through the Global Livingston Institute (GLI) lay primarily 1n the areas of land conservation, wildlife preservation and innovative management strategies.