Rhoda founded the Song-Ba Empowerment Centre, an organization that supports women and girls in identifying sources of livelihood by training them in smock weaving, sewing,...
Fellowship Alumni Selected for 2022 AEIF Grants
Congratulations to the 67 Fellowship Alumni whose projects were selected for 2022 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) grants!
Promoting conservation and inclusive development through ecotourism
2021 Fellowship Alumnus Veridique Musambaghani Kakule from the Democratic Republic of the Congo uses a novel approach to tourism to address the problems facing his...
She Stands for Peace Podcast: Creating Enabling Environments for Peacebuilding
"She Stands for Peace" is a podcast series that explores the state of the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Africa, through a series of...
Alumnus Helps Build Zambian Businesses
When Gordon Abraham Mutale was selected for the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship in the U.S., his plan was to use the opportunity to enhance his...
Overcoming Barriers and Advocating for People with Disabilities
During his childhood, 2021 Fellowship Alumnus Samba Jaiteh of The Gambia encountered many obstacles as the only student with a visual impairment in his class.
Biogas from Kitchen Scraps Fuels a Powerful New Business Plan
During her Professional Development Experience at the University of Maryland's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2022 Fellowship Alumna Grace Nalugwa of Uganda relaunched her...
Fellowship gives young Cape innovators and proven leaders new opportunities
Since 2014, nearly 5,800 young leaders have participated in the Mandela Washington Fellowship, including nearly 400 from South Africa...
Bringing more environmental journalism to Cameroon
Growing up in Cameroon, 2022 Fellowship Alumna Beverly Ndifoin's family cultivated maize and beans, among other crops. What used to be a predictable planting, cultivation,...
Empowering youth in Benin through spelling
Since 1967, International Literacy Day has served as a reminder to people around the world of the importance of education as a matter of human...