How and where to start

Yohan Iddawela is the Co-Founder of Lanterne, an award-winning social enterprise that helps international workers in conflict zones to navigate safely. He is also a PhD candidate in Economic Geography at LSE, where his research examines the causes and effects of sub-national government corruption across a range of African countries. He was previously an economist for the Institute for State Effectiveness where he worked in Afghanistan and Puerto Rico. Prior to this, Yohan worked for the Australian Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in areas ranging from economic development to national security.

Hitendra Solanki is currently the Mindfulness & Wellbeing Adviser for Simply Mindful, a mindfulness and wellbeing consultancy offering training and support to humanitarian agencies, academia and the business sector in establishing mindfulness approaches within their organizations. In addition, he has also been teaching at London South Bank University since 2003, and is currently the Senior Lecturer on the MSc Development Studies course. He has been active in the development and humanitarian sector for 17 years, and more recently, in hunger and health related programming for 10 years with Action Against Hunger UK.