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...
Leaders Inspiring Communities During Challenging Times
"During these challenging times, I am inspired by the work of Fellowship Alumni to address needs in their communities… As we celebrate another year of...
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...
Education in one Nigerian slum goes digital as charity creates virtual learning hub
"At Slum2School we believe that the future of education is digital and every child deserves to have access to the best of educational tools to...
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,...
Living the Legacy
“When you give young leaders the skills to be a better person tomorrow, that’s just what Mandela wanted to see: the young people being empowered...
How Drexel’s Mandela Washington Fellows are Taking on COVID-19 Across the Globe
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States, the Drexel University community has continued to innovate and collaborate to find solutions for the...
Announcing the New Fellowship Portal
Earlier this year, the Mandela Washington Fellowship was postponed until summer 2021 due to the ongoing global pandemic; however, “despite this unprecedented crisis and the...
A Special Message for the Fellowship Community from U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Chris Coons
Check out this special message from U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-ID) and Chris Coons (D-DE).