"In my four years of clinical practice, I witnessed how much misinformation resulted in serious health problems for the public. Health education matters a lot...
Youth-led solutions during COVID-19: Harnessing social media
Young people around the world are using social media to address issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship Alumnus Alieu Jallow’s organization...
Taking the Next Step: My Leadership Journey
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...
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,...