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Applications for Alumni PDEs Now Open
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to announce that the application for the 2023 Alumni Professional Development Experience (PDE), open to Fellowship...
Alumni Spark Impactful Collaborations through Virtual PDEs
This spring, 30 Fellowship Alumni from across Sub-Saharan Africa participated in virtual PDEs working with U.S. organizations. The part-time commitment and flexible virtual working environment...
Navigating Through The Unfamiliar: Finding Our Place As Leaders With Disabilities
Brian Waihenya is a 2023 Fellowship Alumnus from Kenya. Brian is a writer and disability rights advocate, focusing on creating awareness about issues faced by...
Lesotho farmers brace for a second El Niño in eight years
2023 Fellow Refiloe Semethe wrote this article during her Professional Development Experience with Planet Forward.
Telling Real Stories
After completing his Leadership in Civic Engagement Institute at Michigan State University this summer, 2023 Fellowship Alumnus Calvin Manika completed a Professional Development Experience (PDE)...
Hundreds of Young African Leaders Continue Collaboration in Washington
Hundreds of young African leaders gathered in Washington, D.C. last week for the 2023 Mandela Washington Fellowship Summit. Selected from a pool of nearly 50,000 applicants,...
Fellowship Changed Life of Paraplegic Alumnus
Brian Muchiri Waihenya, a 2023 Fellowship Alumnus from Kenya, has been in a wheelchair since he was involved in an automobile crash as a teenager...
2023 Mandela Washington Fellows Arrive in the United States
The U.S. Department of State and IREX are pleased to welcome the 2023 cohort of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders to the United States.
Making Waves in Cape Town’s Coastal Townships
Learn how 2018 Alumnus Nigel Savel's Fellowship helped him create a space safe for Western Cape youth to learn, grow, and surf.