2017 Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation Year in Review: 44 Lex Mundi Members Support 79 Social Entrepreneurs on 105 Matters

18 Lex Mundi Member Firms Support the Convergence Investment Platform in 21 Countries Around the World

6 Lex Mundi Member Firms Provide Comparative Regulatory Analysis for Rainforest Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean

The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation is pleased to welcome Isis Bous as its new Managing Director. She comes to the Foundation with over a decade of experience at law firms and in-house, as well as with her own enterprise and mentoring social entrepreneurs. You can read more about Ms. Bous’ experience, here.

Seeding Labs is a Massachusetts nonprofit working to transform the map of scientific innovation by addressing the critical lack of startup capital for scientists in developing countries. By repurposing surplus laboratory equipment from local research institutions and providing it to researchers abroad, the organization reduces waste at home, ensures that talented scientists abroad can address critical health and environmental problems facing their communities, and bridges the scientific communities across international borders.

East Africa is one of the most food-insecure regions in the world. In Kenya, most people live in areas prone to food shortages, and an estimated 40% of the population is undernourished. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, UjuziKilimo is an agriculture social enterprise that uses big data and analytic capabilities to transform farmers into a knowledge-based community, with the goal of improving productivity through precision insights.

Hand Over is an award-winning social enterprise that utilizes sustainable construction methods to promote community development in Egypt. Hand Over tackles climate change by using local earthen materials as building components while striving to empower underprivileged communities through environmentally-friendly techniques. Hand Over also empowers and trains architecture and civil engineering students and connects them with their local communities so they can work jointly on the design and implementation of new buildings.

Farming Hope is a social enterprise that employs and empowers individuals in the San Francisco Bay Area out of homelessness. Conceived out of Stanford University’s FEED Design School Incubator in June 2016, Farming Hope hires people trying to get off the streets and out of shelters, to work in urban gardens and pop up restaurants. This creates a sense of being needed in the community again, as well as income, a supportive team, and job skills.