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When Isabelle Kamariza founded Solid’Africa in 2010, she started with a simple yet powerful vision: to ensure that no patient in a Rwandan public hospital suffered from a lack of nutrition. Nutrition insecurity is a widespread problem in Rwanda
Is there such a thing as a not-for-profit pharmaceutical company? What are “neglected tropical diseases”?How can you address global health inequities in access to medicines?These are just a few of the many incisive questions that our latest epi
Welcome to our first episode of Philanthropod for 2024! In episode 1 of Season 8 meet Tahina Booth, Managing Director and Founder of Grass Skirts Project (GSP). GSP tackles severe gender inequality and violence against women and girls in Papua
In the final episode of Philanthropod for 2023 you’ll meet Shawn Cheung, founder and CEO of Raising The Village. Launched in 2015, Raising the Village is a charity focused on building sustainable pathways out of ultra-poverty for last-mile comm
In Tanzania, there are 20,000 primary schools. However, there are only 800 high schools. This means that each year hundreds of thousands of young Tanzanians compete for every single spot at the available high schools. When a child misses out th
Audette Exel is a lawyer by profession, managed one of Bermuda’s biggest banks and has a sprawling list of banking, leadership and business awards to her name. However, Audette does not think of herself as primarily a businesswoman. Instead, Au
In this episode of Philanthropod, Anubha chats to Dave Everett, the CEO of the Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation. Founded in 2002, the Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation is an Australian PAF dedicated to breaking down barriers to education across 40
In this episode of Philanthropod, host Anubha Rawat sits down with Julius Mbeya, the co-CEO of Lwala Community Alliance, to discuss the remarkable transformation that has taken place in the region of Lwala in Western Kenya. Julius takes us back
In this episode of Philanthropod, Anubha interviews Nick Fusso, co-founder of D-Prize - an organisation that supports social entrepreneurs in Africa and South Asia who are focused on alleviating poverty. Nick, along with Andrew and Paul Yuon, s
Oxygen is essential for life, and plays a key role in medical care. During the Covid-19 pandemic the need for oxygen had never been greater. However, in many low-income countries bottled oxygen is not readily available. Consequently, oxygen con
In our first episode of our new season, Philanthropod’s host Anubha Rawat sits down with Eleanor Loudon.Eleanor is an experienced international development leader with a deep, lifelong commitment to social and environmental justice. She has spe
Content Warning// trauma, violence, gender-based violencePlease be advised that listener discretion is advised as some parts of this conversation are distressingIn 1995, Benson Wereje's village in the Democratic Republic of Congo was attacked b
Anna Robertson first travelled to Ghana as an Australian Youth Ambassador for Development. With a natural interest for entrepreneurship, innovation and accessible finance for the financially excluded and underserved, Anna quickly learnt that 80
Roy Head is an innovator and leader in the field when it comes to leveraging communications and mass media for good. Roy started his career as a documentary film director for the BBC, before joining UNPeacekeeping. There, he set up the UN's fir
Twenty years ago Rachel Zaslow practiced midwifery during the Civil War in Uganda. She witnessed the explicit need for more midwives, more resources and better training. On the other hand, traditional midwives and their practices were not being
Eight years ago, Angus Grinham and his wife founded The Ripple Foundation - a philanthropic fund focused on poverty alleviation. Philanthropod host Anubha Rawat chats to Angus about his guiding philosophy that all lives are equal and how this h
Johanna de Burca left her corporate job in London 9 years ago to apply her skills overseas with organisations tackling poverty in Central America, India and Cambodia. As she began to learn the complexities of poverty in different contexts, Joha
Tara Loyd is the executive director of PIVOT. She has lived and worked in Lesotho, Malawi, and Madagascar with Peace Corps, Partners in Health, and PIVOT across the past 21 years.In this interview, Tara has an open chat with our host Anubha Raw
Everyone has the right to access healthcare. Yet to many people in Malawi, this right is denied. Healthcare facilities do not exist where they are most needed. Only 46% of Malawians live within reach of a health facility. This is especially tru
“M’Lop” means shade or protection in the Khmer language. The Tapang tree, also known as the umbrella tree, provides shelter from the elements. It was in 2001 that Maggie Eno found herself on an unexpected trip to Cambodia that she witnessed yo
In early 2021, Duncan Ward took a trip to South-East Asia in search of purpose in his life. A chance meeting with Cambodian man, Racky, was one that would change the course of his life and a promise was made to help improve the education system
Wawira Njiru is transforming the lives of Kenya’s school children by providing 33,000 meals each and every day so they are not trying to learn on an empty stomach. At the age of twenty, the Kenyan born and raised woman was living in the South
Surya Bhatta grew up in Nepal in what he describes as typical village life. It was when he was studying public health that he had a confronting conversation with his mother and learned about the horrific circumstances of her labour with Surya's
In this episode, Anubha chats to Darrell Wade, the Co-founder and Chairman of Intrepid Travel, the world’s largest certified travel B Corp. A highly regarded entrepreneur and sustainability advocate, Darrell and his friend Geoff (‘Manch’) Manch
In our first episode of season 3 we welcome our new host Anubha Rawat and meet the remarkable Evelyn Omala who is one of the rockstars of the international development sector.Eve has spent the past 10 years working in international development,
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