On this episode, 2018 Fellowship Alumnus Jok Abraham Thon, founder and director of Promised Land Secondary School in South Sudan, shares how he is advancing...
Reciprocal Exchange Participants and Fellowship Alumni Awarded Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF)
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is proud that 28 Fellowship Alumni and Reciprocal Exchange participants were awarded the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund.
Tanzania’s First Female President and a Renewed Hope for Widows’ Rights
Tanzania is in a new chapter of leadership under the first female President in the person of the distinguished Samia Suluhu Hassan. She is often...
Opening up the tech space for girls in Samburu
Janet Leparteleg, 2018 Fellowship Alumna from Kenya, founded Butterfly Techies, a community-based organization in Samburu which trains girls to take up Science, Technology, Engineering and...
Developing communities through cross-continent Alumni partnerships
Since the Fellowship’s inception in 2014, Alumni have been joining forces to make a difference and share strategies for amplifying impact in their communities across...
Voices of Exchange Podcast: Jumping Out of Water
On this episode, Reciprocal Exchange participant Gail Prensky, a U.S. arts envoy exchange alumna and documentary filmmaker, speaks about her work shedding light on the...
Supporting Farmers Through Renewable Energy
The theme of Earth Day 2021 is “Restore Our Earth,” highlighting emerging green technologies and innovative thinking that can restore the world’s ecosystems.
Building a Comprehensive Approach to Climate Change
As a climate advocate and lawyer, Marie-Josée Houenou understands the critical need for concrete action plans to combat the adverse effects of climate change.
Working for Women’s Financial Empowerment in CAR
To address low financial literacy among women in Central African Republic, 2016 Fellowship Alumna Olive Michele Dol-Somse founded Bekilita, a social enterprise that educates, trains...
NGO donates mobility aids to 100 students in Ondo
2019 Fellowship Alumna Folajogun Akinlami's nongovernment organization, Differently Abled Foundation, donated walking aids and low vision writing aids for over one hundred students in schools...