Connect
Through their social venture, Connect, Fabian Nagel, Albert Grafe, and Max Wosnitza will bring together refugees and asylum seekers in Mannheim, Germany with university students for exchange of culture and language. In so doing, Connect aims to breakdown long-standing barriers between refugees and German citizens and ease the process of refugee integration into German society.
Albert Erasmus Grafe
Albert has completed his B.Sc. in Economics at the University of Mannheim and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Economics at Humboldt University Berlin. Albert works part time for a member of the German Parliament. He takes a special interest in economic policy and finance. Albert has always been particularly sensitive to social injustice […]
Novos Líderes Empreendedores
Yannick, a young Dutch student, has fallen in love with Brazil, speaks Portuguese, and teamed up with a powerful ground team of Brazilian students and teachers in a favela (slum) near Rio de Janeiro. He will, with his team, run a mathematics, English and creativity program to provide elementary school students with education and positive […]
Precious Ismail
Precious Ismail considers herself a social activist because she grew up in an extremely patriarchal society where young women from low-income backgrounds were the worst victims of poverty. At a young age, she was able to identify this problem and made it her life’s goal to address issues that stemmed from it. Currently, Precious serves […]
Maura Alvarez
She is a recently graduated doctor from the Universidad Central de Venezuela. She was born and raised in Caracas. During her years at the University she had the chance to be part of multiple activities that helped her develop as a student leader. In 2011 she was in the students’ council, later in 2012 she […]
Shaman Project
Maura, a medical student from Venezuela, was inspired by a national requirement for students to spend four months in a rural area. She will be creating a program that brings medical students to the Amazonas region of Venezuela to deliver a five-step program in basic medical support, including programming for first aid, trauma, drowning, burning, […]
Nimble Fingers Project
Pumla Maswanganyi and Precious Ismail are the co-founders of Nimble Fingers Project. Nimble Fingers aims to equip 20 young girls and women in Nigeria, over a period of 6 weeks, with vocational skills and materials needed to create and run a sustainable small business. During the project, women will attend workshops and practical skills training […]
Pumla Maswanganyi
Pumla Maswanganyi is a 21-year-old South African citizen, that is passionate about African development. She has embraced her status as a global citizen and would like to see Africa claim its place as an equal partner in the global trade, economically and culturally. She is dedicated to building infrastructure that can assist youth in contributing […]
Bantu Mabaso
Bantu Mabaso is from Swaziland and is currently studying political science with a concentration in the political economy of development at Bates College. She is a Davis United World College Scholar who graduated from Waterford Kamhlaba UWCSA with an international Baccalaureate Diploma. She is interested in pursuing a career in enacting policy research and advocacy […]
The Phalala Youth Empowerment For Food Security
Bantu Mabaso founded The Phalala Youth Empowerment For Food Security to provide youth in her home neighborhood of Phalala, Swaziland with the skills, capital and support they need to run climate resilient agricultural enterprises. This skills-based education and mentorship initiative has the dual goal of empowering youth and combating food shortages caused by a severe […]
