inaglobe fellowship launch: a search for product-market fit to foster social innovation at university

We are happy to announce that inaglobe will be launching its model as a fellowship. The students that inaglobe supports are the fellows, and they will receive the action-based learning programme inaglobe has offered for the past 6 years. We believe that the narrative encompasses the depth and the wealth that inaglobe brings to students and educational systems, with a big part of the programme aligning with the official curriculum. It also tunes into an existing sponsorship model that is both global and established.

AnnouncementsJaime Aguilera GarciaJune 11, 2023Comment

inaglobe x youth talks: partnering for youth involvement in higher education

If you are a young person, and want to contribute to the discussion regarding the evolution of higher education, fill in the Youth Talks survey, who inaglobe has recently partnered with!

AnnouncementsJaime Aguilera GarciaApril 25, 2023inaglobeImpactComment

Tackling visual impairment by democratising literacy

There is no doubt that visual impairment conditions severe affect on one's ability to live in a world engineered around sight. Society as a whole would also benefit from enabling visually impaired individuals to participate and contribute in the community. In this blog post, we will go over the latest developments in healthtech for the visually impaired, as well as how inaglobe has been involved in helping new solutions develop that could help visually impaired individuals.

Impact storiesGuest UserAugust 13, 2022inaglobenonprofit, project, ImpactComment

inaglobe.org: an evolution

InAGlobe Education becomes inaglobe

Status Updates, AnnouncementsJaime Aguilera GarciaDecember 25, 2021inaglobeupdate, nonprofit, project, strategy

Structural Racism in Humanitarian Innovation

With this blog post I seek to give a perspective on how structural racism is a part of development and also expand and develop InAGlobe’s position on certain issues. This will be done by exploring how technological innovation and collaborative design can be used to make the world a more equitable place by addressing the specific needs of the people we seek to innovate for.

InAGlobe Essay Series, Old blogMax Mwenda WilbersJune 21, 2020Racism, innovation, Social, Thoughtpiece

COVID-19 Update

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) has brought a great part of the world to a halt, it has obligated governments across the globe to act in unprecedented measures amidst enormous uncertainty. I wanted to write a post to update our followers on the impact that the virus has had on InAGlobe, and my personal interpretation with the information I have had available.

Old blog, Status UpdatesJaime Aguilera GarciaApril 13, 2020COVID, UpdateComment

Importance of Investing in Health

“Health spending is not a cost, it’s an investment in poverty reduction, jobs, productivity, inclusive economic growth, and healthier, safer, fairer societies.”1 This was said by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General. The health of each individual affects not just themselves but also society.

InAGlobe Essay Series, Old blogJaynell NgSeptember 1, 2019innovation, Social, Thoughtpiece, health, wellbeing

The Importance of Inclusion

Inclusive education is a concept that stems from the idea that all children around the world, regardless of disability, race, class, sex, religion or language, are entitled to an education. It contains many similarities to the more widely known method of integration, which focuses primarily on disability and special needs.

Overcoming Barriers to Education with Technology

Nowadays, basic education is expected from the government and the law requires citizens to attend school up to a certain level. Education is not only a human right, it is also a duty to fulfil. Indeed, literacy rates and enrolment rates have increased over the years, in which there were 62 million out-of-school lower secondary school children in 2015, a large decrease from 97 million in 2000 (UNICEF, 2019). However, if we really recognise education as a right, then much can still be done since there are still people who are illiterate (according to UNESCO (2017), 750 million people) or unable to attend school.

Education – A Tool for Change

We usually associate education with academic knowledge obtained through institutions, such as primary and secondary schools and universities. Education can also refer to vocational training, where practical skills are obtained instead of purely academic skills. However, is education the equivalent of schooling?

Systems Thinking

Systems thinking, or systems science came slowly into the scene with a set of academic dialogues between experts in Biology, Psychology and Ecology. The discovery of the Cell, the Theory of Evolution and Genomics catalysed these conversations (Capra, 2019). During the 1920s and 1930s, scientists began to observe levels of complexity in their discoveries that they were unable to fully comprehend using Descartes’s reductionist approach to science.

Understanding Human-Centred Design

Human-centred design is a framework that emphasises the human perspective in all steps of the design process. It serves to provide the end user with a product that they will truly want, need and find useful. It is also often seen as something more than just a design framework: it is a mindset and a tool that intends to create a long-lasting, positive impact on the user.

Rethinking Innovation: Why the World Needs a Frame-shift

Innovation is a term we often hear. We say that Apple is innovative, so is Facebook and Dyson. However, innovation goes beyond the realm of technology. Innovation is the initiation of an idea through imagination and ultimately, the invention of a novel product when there is enough information. That seems to be a lot of ‘i’s to take in.

Introduction to InAGlobe’s Backbone Themes Essay Series

More than ever, in a world of increasing complexity, we need to become aware of the countless challenges that the forthcoming generations will need to tackle, we need to be aware of what is happening. This sounds journalistic, but the difference is that a lot of information is already there, we just need to interpret it, we need to understand it. At InAGlobe we see our mission as far more than simply building partnerships towards humanitarian innovation.

Engineering for Change

After a summer of big changes, we are finally writing an update on progress. This summer has been one of true juggling of tasks for the InAGlobe team. As motivated as ever, we are now trying to get InAGlobe to take full flight, to standardise methodologies so that these can be iterated and improved in a formal manner and we can propagate our vision accordingly.

Old blog, Status UpdatesJaime Aguilera GarciaOctober 3, 2018imperial collegeupdateComment

A bit of a catch-up (Update since Moz’17)

This year has come with progress for InAGlobe Education. As soon as we came back from Mozambique, the team turned the idea into an incorporated, vowed non-profit, organisation. The initial idea of becoming a charity was overturned by the difficulties of penniless, new graduates being able to run these organisations for a living; and also motivated by the sustainability that an economically sound status may bring to an idea that has a great potential for human development. InAGlobe Education became InAGlobe Education Ltd.

Status Updates, Old blogJaime Aguilera GarciaJuly 30, 2018imperial collegeupdateComment

Outstanding Achievement Award 2017

The 18th of October was also one of the biggest and most rewarding days for InAGlobe as Jaime picked up the award for Student Award for Outstanding Achievement 2017. This is an award that was established in 2003 by Imperial College London to recognise outstanding students for their achievements in any extramural activities.

Status Updates, Old blog, AnnouncementsJaime Aguilera GarciaJune 29, 2018imperial collegeAwardComment

Ideation with Ali Musa Mbiki

So we have arrived to the end of our first official InAGlobe expedition. As we headed to Pemba airport with our favourite taxi driver, Abou, we could not help experiencing a fruit salad of emotions. The trip has taken us half way across the globe, into a country none of us had ever been to, following a drive, a motif to build something that creates a new tool for development and innovation for developing countries. As well as giving education in Europe a new dimension.

Old blog, Mozambique 2017Jaime Aguilera GarciaSeptember 13, 2017Pemba, Cabo DelgadoPemba, Cabo Delgado, Mozambique, fieldComment

Abou the Graphite Miner

So once again we packed our bags and got on the move, this time with one of the earliest starts of the trip: 3 A.M. This was because there were a series of inconsistencies on the departure times, given by different islanders, and it was not clear when the public boat would set out from Ibo.

Old blog, Mozambique 2017Jaime Aguilera GarciaSeptember 10, 2017ibo islandMozambique, PembaComment

Café e Bolo

On Monday in the island of Ibo we had scheduled our meeting with Fundación Ibo, a Barcelona-based NGO that works primarily in this and the surrounding islands (Quirimbas Archipielago). They are, along with Oikos, the only NGO working in this remote island. They work across a variety of different fields, ranging from education and economic activation, to nutrition and health. Before the meeting, we had seen their mark across the whole island, where crumbling structures have been rehabilitated into new facilities. We would later find out their purpose. These included a children and pregnancy nutrition centre, several education centres and some privately-owned businesses.

Old blog, Mozambique 2017Jaime Aguilera GarciaSeptember 8, 2017Pemba, Ibo, Mozambique, africaComment

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