A Way Forward for Global Livingston Institute's Sustainability
Strategies to Measure Carbon Footprints for Carbon Offsetting.
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
Lake Bunyonyi covers nearly 175 square km of southwestern Uganda near the Rwandan border at an altitude of 1,962 m, home to 29 islands, and surrounded by mountains on all sides.
Public Health and Music Work Group
What are the cultural and societal factors that prevent a stronger women's presence at the concert? How does the empowerment of the genders increase the effectiveness of destigmatizing HIV/AIDS?
Social Media Content for Children in Uganda
Objective: To create social media content for children grades K-3 in Uganda to continue learning beyond the classroom (and during the pandemic).
Public Health & Music Recommendations
Each month, across Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 95 million people access Facebook, with 97% on mobile. The future of the iKnow Concert Series is strongly recommended to look into expanding as a virtual model.
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
World Down Syndrome Day was celebrated all over the world on the 21st March, 2019. Although not the first time in Uganda, it was the first time a staggering 380 people were in attendance, 180 more than initially anticipated.
Kampala Social Impact Remuneration Survey
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
Managing menstrual hygiene in low-income countries is difficult due to lack of access to feminine hygiene products and few adequate sanitary facilities. Studies in Uganda have found that many girls struggle to attend and do well in school due to inadequate resources to manage their periods.
Needs Assessment: Musanze District
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.