“Youth development work is about impacting lives for a better future. Identify a challenge in your area and see how best you can help.” Lillian...
Course Reflection on “Digital Storytelling: New Models to Promote Local Initiatives After a Crisis”
I have embraced the power of storytelling to make my voice heard, to create a positive impact, to inspire, to motivate and to enlighten others....
Fellowship Celebrates Education and Entrepreneurship
This November, the Mandela Washington Fellowship is excited to commemorate International Education Week and Global Entrepreneurship week. As we celebrate teachers and entrepreneurs worldwide who...
YALI Voices Podcast: Juliet Odhiambo Says Financial Literacy is the Key to Economic Success
In this YALI Voices podcast, Juliet Odhiambo, 2018 Fellowship Alumna from Kenya, shares her vision of empowering African leaders with financial literacy skills. She also...
Success Starts with Helping Others
When the late Ernest Che Ngang, 2019 Fellowship Alumnus from Cameroon, founded Green Skills Africa, an organization...
Course Reflection on “Navigating a Business in Uncertain Times: Strategies to Ensure Your Enterprise’s Long-Term Success”
When the Fellowship Portal launched in July, I was going through so much chaos in my life, both personally and professionally. Prior to this, I...
Improving Energy Access in Rural Zambia
As an energy consultant with Guidehouse, Ryan Taylor advises clients on distributive energy resources and energy grid modernization around the world in collaboration with the...
Putting Nutrition on the Map in Cameroon
Manka'ah Che, a 2019 Fellowship Alumna from Cameroon, is passionate about educating people across her country — especially mothers — about the importance of early...
Toward A Common Goal: Preventing the Spread of COVID in Ethiopia
After completing his Mandela Washington Fellowship in summer 2019, Suraphel Alemu started Doctors in Action (DiA), a social enterprise and consultancy that promotes access to...
YALI Voices Podcast: Peter Ayeni believes Nigerian youth are ready to lead
Peter Ayeni is using his talents and passion for education to give back to his community, working on several democracy and human development projects.