ABOUT LITS FOUNDATION

The LITS Foundation was launched to further promote the goals of LITS Global – supporting the development of global leaders who make a positive difference in society. It provides tailored international skill-based volunteering programmess that fit the unique needs of foundations and CSR departments of multinational companies, as well as individuals.

A growing number of companies are seeking meaningful ways to engage employees in socially responsible behavior in an effort to elevate CSR to a strategic level in close connection with their core business. Equally, an increasing number of professionals are seeking sabbatical opportunities that enable them to personally contribute to quality-of-life improvements for disadvantaged communities across the emerging world.

Our team is passionate about driving positive social impact and believes that the most significant grassroots improvements are achieved through enriching the minds of individuals, i.e. through the transfer of skills and knowledge between the corporate (for profit) and social (for impact) sectors. This type of activity is generally referred to as „skill-based volunteering“.

VOLUNTEERING APPROACH

Building upon the existing networks, contacts, know-how and processes of LITS Global, the LITS Foundation orchestrates tailored international skill-based volunteering programmes, enabling us to maximize social impact of partner foundations, CSR departments and individuals, alike.

Our skill-based volunteering programmes are constructed around social impact projects which have the following format:

• Located in emerging markets, with an emphasis on Asia
• Duration: 2-4 weeks
• Business focus (marketing, finance, strategy etc.)
• Close alignment between needs of local social organization(s) and volunteer skill set(s)
• Team driven, with 3-5 volunteers collaborating per project

PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS

Our international skill-based volunteering programmes incorporate the following benefits for foundations and CSR departments that partner with us:

DIRECT ALIGNMENT WITH YOUR STRATEGIC INTEREST

• LITS Foundation’s broad portfolio of social organizations and global partnerships, in concert with a comprehensive screening and selection process, enables us to hand-select social impact projects that directly align with the skills and backgrounds of your volunteers.
• Working in collaboration with a diverse range of social organizations, we are able to provide targeted projects in areas of your strategic interest, including finance, logistics, education, environment, female-empowerment, sustainable energy, etc.

HIGH-IMPACT PROJECT ASSIGNMENTS

• The most efficient means of generating impact is to empower volunteers to utilize their skills and experience to resolve urgent problems faced by a partner social organization.
• Impact-maximizing objective drives us to maintain close relationships with our social partners, permitting us to efficiently match volunteers with the projects on which they can generate maximum impact.

VALUE MULTIPLICATION THROUGH TEAM SYNERGY

• We are strong proponents of a team-based approach to volunteering. The simple reason is that all social impact projects require oversight from the partner social organization. Given a fixed time-investment in volunteer management by the partner social organization, a team can generate far greater impact than a lone volunteer.
• Additionally, volunteer teams cultivate synergies as a byproduct of collaboration, helping efficiently tackle project challenges that would overwhelm an individual.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• Goal: To strengthen Grameen Shakti‘s rural sales and distribution network.
• Description: Volunteers analyzed Grameen Shakti‘s tools and strategic management of its rural sales and distribution network, then worked with the local team to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Format: 20 days, 5 volunteers