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Fall 2016 Alumni Impact Award Winners Selected for the Professional Fellows Congress

The Professional Fellows Program is pleased to announce the four fall 2016 Alumni Impact Award (AIA) recipients selected in recognition of the impact they are making on their communities after participating in the Professional Fellows Program.

Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - Sunday, December 31, 2017

LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS IN WORKING-CLASS AREAS THROUGH SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

Create favorable conditions to advance sport and physical activity among women and girls in working-class neighborhoods.

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge 2016

Citizen Diplomacy Challenge 2016

U.S. Alumni: was your exchange program an unforgettable, life-changing experience? Would you be willing to encourage more Americans to have the same kind of transformational experience you had?

Saturday, October 15, 2016 - Friday, November 4, 2016

Campaign is against Deforestation and forming of School Green Clubs.

I'm a YALI 2016 Fellow from the Regional Leadership Center, Accra, Ghana and a Sierra Leonean. As part of our requirement for graduation we are expected to embark on a community service engagement in which I have selected a Campaign targeting school pupils. The Campaign is against Deforestation and forming of School Green Clubs.

Congratulations, Mandela Washington Fellowship 2016 Regional Advisory Board Members!

August 5, 2016 - September 18, 2017

Meet the 2016 Regional Advisory Board

Congratulations to the 2016 Regional Advisory Board!

We would like to thank all of you who submitted platforms for consideration and participated in the voting. The 30 Regional Advisory Board members have been selected to serve each region by representing the voices of all Fellows. They have agreed to commit their time and enthusiasm to provide strategic advice that will inform Africa-based Mandela Washington Fellowship programming.

Thursday, September 15, 2016 - Saturday, September 15, 2018

self financing of orphans

Awareness and Clean Nature while recycling and cash flow Allowing the 12 orphanages in the city of Conakry (Guinea)
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - Thursday, March 31, 2016

MGV ALbania - Prevention of youth irregular migration from Albania

In collaboration with the European Union Information Centers and the US Embassy in Albania we held 4 information session where we presented My Global Voice(a youth organization founded during BFTF program) and disused with youth in 5 small and large city's in Albania how education and self improvement are a better alternative to irregular migration. We discussed scholarships, exchange programs, local ngo`s and civic engagement.

International Women of Courage Jestina Mukoko

African woman holding a tablet while delivering a lecture

In March 2010 Jestina Mukoko was one of ten human rights defenders honored in the U.S. State Department's International Women of Courage Awards, she returned as an alumni in 2016.

Thursday, May 14, 2015 - Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Semper Fidelis.

Coming to the United States I only had one DREAM. I dedicated my ENTIRE life to becoming the BEST OF THE BEST, The United States Marine. I used to believe in America like there was nothing else in the universe. After spending five months of doing ALMOST whatever it takes to achieve my "American Dream" - however foolish it may seem to You, it was all i have ever wanted - I have not met a single person who was willing to help me with my dream, hence my faith in the US has been broken and i'm lost.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - Wednesday, December 30, 2020

MAYEIN Mobile Library, Technology, and Civic Resource Initiative in Alaka Community

As part of its mission to bridge existing gaps in literacy, leadership, technology and civic knowledge amongst Nigerian teenagers and early youths, especially those of low income, Mayein operates mobile library services in the underserved Alaka Community of Ibadan, Oyo State. The Project offers books, literacy materials and other mobile library services, provides practical demonstration and training on how to use technology and relevant tools for learning ? e.g. Google, Micro-soft, Encarta etc, to children and teenagers who lack access and also demonstrates practical volunteerism, community action as well as participatory civic skills to children and teenagers in Alaka community, Oyo State,Nigeria.

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