As an independent Consultant and Director of Social Effect, I spent years travelling around the world, mostly pro-bono, working on ground with non-profits and social enterprises in more than 25 countries around the world, covering a large range of impact domains, solutions and challenges.
Note: Brackets contain nature of involvement and type of work done.
UK
Thailand
Cambodia
Nigeria
Mali
South Africa
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Note: Brackets contain nature of involvement and type of work done.
UK
- Ashoka - Supporting Social Entrepreneurship (Facilitation, Mentoring)
- UnLtd - Funding and Developing Social Enterprise (Advisory, Mentoring)
- Red Foundation - Refugee Empowerment (RISE Mentoring)
- Imediate - Conflict Mediation (Board Member 2009)
- i-Genius - Enabling and Connecting Social Enterprise (Strategic Advisor)
- BANG Edutainment - Addressing Youth Exclusion (Chairman 08-09, Financing)
- Bold Creative - Creative Media for Social Impact (Project/Portfolio Management)
- Positive TV - Alternative Programming for TV (Financial Sustainability)
- Living Lens - Addressing Breakdowns in Communication (Strategic Branding, Social Media and Web)
- DigiTalk - Improving Text to Speech (Marketing, Business Development)
- Cool2Care - Supporting Families with Disabled Children (Social Media)
- FoodCycle - Addressing and Reusing Food Waste (Brand Strategy, Movement)
- Changemakers - SE Training for Young People (Social Enterprise Course)
- Camsight Accessible Web Project - Disabilities and Visual Impairment (Startup, Design, Implementation, Financing)
- Ashoka Mexico - Social Entrepreneurship, Civil Action, Youth Venture, Social Business (Self-Financing and Long-term Sustainability)
- Ojos Que Sienten - Empowering the Visually Impaired (Restructuring)
- Revolucion con Letras - Social Awareness (User Experience)
- Fundacion de Investigacion y Desarrollo Educativo - Emotional Needs and Education (Scaling)
- Sustentavia - Social Programme Development (General Advisory)
- Yansa - Community Windfarming (Structure, Governance)
- Ashoka Brazil - Social Entrepreneurship, Social Business, Changemaking (Advisory, Mentoring)
- Catalytic Communities - Community Building and Empowerment (Board Member, Strategic Development)
- CDI - Digital Inclusion (Mobile Learning and UK Social Program Design)
- The International Exchange - Facilitating access to Professional Skills (Planning, Branding, Social Media)
- Factory of The Future - Social Innovation (Social Incubator Design)
- Ayllu Initiative - Scaling Social Enterprise and Microfranchising (Board Member, Mission, Vision, Raising Investment, Business Planning)
- Artemisia - Funding Social Enterprise (Mission, Vision)
- Barca - Community Adaption to Climate Change (Communication Strategy)
- Ocarete - Community Rights and Development (Mission, Strategy)
- Projecto Alavanca - Social Inclusion (Advisory)
- IDEC - Consumer Rights (Strategy)
- Ashoka Argentina - Social Business, Changemaking (Social Business, Impact)
- La Usina - Disabilities Rights and Empowerment (Movement, Brand, Impact)
- Fundacion Leer - Education (Social Media, Communications Planning)
- TangoVia - Addressing Identity (Mission, Vision, Strategy)
- Cimientos - Education (Impact)
- Regala Tu Compleano - Developing Cultures of Sharing (Planning)
- Escuela de Guias - Economic Development through Guiding (Mission, Vision, Roadmap, Impact)
- Rodelillo - Transformation out of Poverty (Model Systematisation, Scaling)
- Ashoka Peru (Board Member, Restructuring, Strategy, 5yr Roadmap)
- Instituto Del Peru - Participatory Research around Social Economics (Mass Participation Strategies, Social Media)
- Care Peru (Brand Development, Audience Creation)
- Grupo Gea - Watershed and Ecological Protection (Strategy)
- Ciudad Saludable - Economic Development and Rights Empowerment (Scaling)
- EnseñaPeru - Education (Impact)
- Ashoka India - Citizen Action (Confluence Design, Org Restructure)
- UnLtd India - Funding and Developing Startup Social Enterprise (Branding)
- Youth Venture India (Programme Evolution, Scaling, Planning)
- Aseema - Education (Modelling Public Private Partnerships)
- Arpan - Eradicating Child Sexual Abuse (Outcome Improvement)
- Dreamcatchers - Disaster Recovery, Emotional Resilience and Adaptiveness (Model Definition, Blueprinting)
- Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust - Street Drugs and HIV (Audience Engagement, Social Media Strategy)
- LEARN - Slum Women's Rights and Economic Empowerment (Designing Sustainable Social Businesses
- SSP - Rural Women's Empowerment and Economic Development (Mission Congruence, Collaborative Services, Operational Efficiencies, Facilitation)
- IDPMS - Rural Enterprise (Governance)
- Gray Matters - Low Cost Private Schooling (Capital (Strategy, Program Design, Impact Assessment, Cost Modelling, Organisational Structure, Social Media Strategy)
- Grassroutes - Social Awareness (Business Model)
- Millee- Social Technology
- Alchemy - Addressing Unemployment (Cost Modeling, Business Model Innovation)
- Dream A Dream - Empowering Street Children
- Music Basti - Life Skills through Music
- The YP Foundation (Organisational Structure and Governance)
- Khemka Foundation - Supporting Social Enterprise (Program Design)
- Shareable.net - Developing Cultures of Sharing (Branding and Strategy)
- Charity Champs
- Carbon Outreach - Green Communications (Strategy, Business Development)
- Project Mercy - Education (Model Systematisation, Long Term Planning, Program Design)
- Soil and Water Conservation Foundation (Organisational Evolution)
- Maria Josefa Recio Mental Health Therapeutic Centre (Movement)
- Permaculture Action Asia
- Chatters - Empowering The Older Generation (Scaling, Branding)
- Nur Salam - Child Trafficking (Model Systematisation, Programme Design, Organisational Structure, Scaling)
- Change Malaysia - Political Change and Social Inclusion (Movement Design and Planning)
- EPIC - Voter Registration (Strategic Planning)
- Huairou Commission - Women's Inolvement in Human Settlements (Portal Design)
- Loyar Burok - Voter Education (Programme Design)
- Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia - Political Change (Programme Design, Strategic Planning, Change)
- Centre for Human Rights Studies (Strategy, Set-Up Planning)
- Natural Justice - Scaling, Solution Design, Impact Assessment
- Fugee School - Solution Design, Programme Management
Thailand
- Joko - Economic Development for Farmers (Programme Evolution, Long-Term Planning, Branding, Business Modeling)
- Rural Capital Partners - Organic Production and Debt Reduction for Rice Farmers (Future Planning, Impact, Presentation)
- TMEN - Addressing Medical Negligence (Mission and Strategy, Organisational Structure and Design)
- Elehelp - Protecting and Rehabilitating Street Elephants in Thailand (Programme Design)
Cambodia
- Tiny Toones – Youth at Risk (Mission and Strategic, Solution Design, Org Evolution, Impact Design, Fundraising)
- Cambodia Knits – Social Business addressing Forced Urban Displacement (Mission and Strategy, Business Planning, Profitability, Product Management, Impact Design, Long Term Planning)
- Common Room Network – Supporting Conceptual and Experimental Art Forms (Org Evolution, Long Term Planning)
- Rumah Cemara – AIDS and Drug Use (Program Design, Org Restructure)
- Ashoka / Danone – Hybrid Value Chain Supporting Rag Pickers & Recycling (Business and Cost Modeling, Impact Review, Pilot Design)
Nigeria
Mali
South Africa
- Khulisa - Addressing Crime and Violence (Strategy, Model Systematisation, Cost Modeling, Organisational Design, Planning, Estimation, Scaling)
- Open Africa - EcoTourism (Development Strategy, Programme Design, Organisational Design, Planning)
- P.E.A.C.E Foundation - Local Economic Development (Model Systematisation, Financing, Proposals)
- Restorative Justice Centre - Restorative Justice (Vision and Strategy, Branding and Marketing, Resourcing)
- Lapdesk - Enabling Functional Literacy (Product Design)
- Clothing Bank - Women and Entrepreneurship (Programme Design and Development Progression)
- Ditshwanelo – Protecting Human Rights (Financing, Strategy, Vision and Mission, Service Design)
- Kagisano Shelter - Addressing Gender Based Violence (Model Systematisation, Programme Design, Long Term Planning, Web Development)
- Dqae Qare - Social Enterprise supporting the Rights of Bushmen (Business Viability, Revenue Streams, Cultural Tourism)
- Youth Community Training Centre - Skills Empowerment for Disadvantaged Youth
- Kwenuha Women's Society - Rescue & Rehabilitation of Commercial Sex Workers
- Lubasi Home - Orphanage
- Hakikazi Catalyst - Economic and Social Justice
- Microensure Tanzania - Micro Health Insurance
- Hunting Dog Safaris - Social Tourism Supporting HIV and AIDS
Kenya
- Ashoka East Africa - Social Entrepreneurship, Farming
- ALIN - Poverty in ARID lands
- Akili - Social Business, Economic Development
- CCR - Community and Commercial Reforestation
