As the chair and co-founder of the NGO Organization for Positive Change, I believe that there is no equality where there is corruption. As the...
YALI Voices Podcast: Senegal’s Awa Thiam Uses Data to Link Farmers with Schools in Need
"I want the Lifantou program to be used in all the schools in Senegal and all the farmers to be able to feed their children...
Helping Your Business Survive this Crisis – and the Next One
When COVID-19 brought the world economy to a standstill in early 2020, every business around the globe was affected in some way. After prolonged lockdowns...
FP Virtual Dialogue: Profiles of Resilience
Around the world, the coronavirus has had an outsized impact on vulnerable populations in fragile countries, overtaxing healthcare infrastructure and government response systems while exacerbating...
Fellowship Celebrates Disability Inclusion Milestone
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) at the U.S. Department of State is committed to including persons with disabilities as exchange program participants...
Grant Writing: Get your next grant through collaboration
Jesse Lutabingwa, Associate Vice Chancellor of International Education and Development at Appalachian State University, one of the Fellowship's Leadership in Civic Engagement Institutes, has written...
Resilience – in Leadership, and in Friendship
In 2014, I participated for the first time in the Mandela Washington Fellowship. I was assigned to host Dr. Pierre Balamou, a physician from Guinea,...
Alumna Fights Against the Coronavirus with Fashion
In the Liberian capital of Monrovia, the government mandates that all citizens must wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. 2019 Fellowship Alumna...
Fellowship Alumnus Receives U.S. Embassy Grant for Work with COVID-19
Rural Health Mission Nigeria, run by 2018 Fellowship Alumnus Muhammad Saddiq, was recently been awarded a $20,000 grant by the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria to implement...
Kenya: Give Us Your Farm Throw-Aways; We’ll Give Back Black Gold
Growing up in rural Kenya where farming was the core business, social entrepreneur and 2019 Fellowship Alumna Joyce Kamande has always been passionate about supporting farmers and...