Alumni Stories

YSEALI Alumna Goes Digital to Fight Trafficking

New Shu Shern mobilizes digital influencers to fight human trafficking and turns YSEALI ideas into action in Malaysia.

Murrow Alumnus Challenges Prison and Hospital Conditions through Film

“Be confident and touch on issues which others are afraid to.” Seth Kwame Boateng couldn’t shake Secretary of State John Kerry’s advice to his cohort of Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists in the United States.

IWOC Alumna Promotes Human Rights and Fights Prison Torture

Oynihol Bobonazarova is a pioneer of the human rights movement in Tajikistan and one of the country’s most well-known female human rights activists. Since receiving the International Women of Courage Award in 2014, she continues to fight against torture in prisons and for universal human rights.

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YALI Alumna Uses Technology to Create a Ripple Effect of Change

Shortly after her YALI experience, Rachel Sibande established mHub, Malawi’s first technology hub and incubator space for emerging young entrepreneurs.

Shaping the Future of the Kyrgyz Republic

Nadezdha Pak

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Student Organizer

Kyrgyzstan

Nadia Pak, a Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program alumna from the Kyrgyz Republic, is working with other FLEX alumni to mobilize Kyrgyzstani youth to be more active citizens.

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Human Rights Clubs in Rwanda (Youth Leadership Program)

Sharon Muvara

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Youth Human Rights Activist

Rwanda

After returning home from her exchange program on human rights in the United States, Sharon worked with 21 other Rwandan exchange alumni students and educators to launch high school human rights clubs throughout Rwanda.

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Mark Chilongu

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Community Organizer

Zambia

During his time in the United States as a participant in the International Visitor Leadership Program, Mark Chilongu of Lusaka, Zambia was struck by the way in which Americans shared their time and resources to care for the poor.

International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Western Hemisphere›United States

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