Community Radio of Ouzio

Mohamed Ali Tourki is launching Community Radio of Ouzio in Ouzio, Comoros to take his community education program and translate into a radio station that will inform, educate and entertain 82,573 people from 4 regions of 67 villages, where 70% of them are illiterate and live in poverty. This will provide them with important information […]

Mohamed Ali Tourki

Mohamed Ali Tourki has worked for nine years in the area of community development, especially in education, gender equality, health, technologies, and environmental protection. He is a Grant writer and project manager of different projects such as a community center, schools, environment, English promotion and a radio station. Tourki has also worked with UNFPA, UNDP […]

Leading Women of Tomorrow

Medha Reddy is launching Leading Women of Tomorrow in College Park, MD. Leading Women of Tomorrow seeks to teach college and graduate students the fundamentals of preparing for a career in public service through a yearlong training program at universities across the country. Topics covered include developing a campaign strategy, digital presence, effective messaging, public […]

Medha Reddy

Medha Reddy is currently a sophomore at the University of Chicago. Her work has strived to advocate for those underrepresented in government. Medha’s interest in government and politics began upon her visit to the White House in 2009, where President Bush recognized her and her peer’s volunteer efforts at the annual Turkey Pardoning. Since these […]

SiChana

SiChana is an online advocacy platform targeting issues affecting young girls around the world. The platform will serve as a space for the exchange of skills and lessons aimed at girls between the ages of 9-18. It will also serve as a space for the exchange of stories and experiences faced by girls all over […]

Michelle Mboya

Michelle is a senior at Yale double majoring in Film Studies and Economics. She is from Nairobi but wants to travel the world enough such that she can call herself a global citizen! At Yale, she works on CityStep, a service dance organization and on film projects. She is passionate about telling stories about and […]

Global Health Fund

In response to the high incidence of heart disease and death from cardiac arrest in India, Jasmit will work in Bangalore to train community members in CPR, raise awareness about preventive measures, and increase access to AEDs in slow EMS-response zones.

Jasmit Heera

Jasmit is currently a first year medical student at the American University of Antigua, and previously attended the University of Ottawa, where she pursued a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, she completed the Canadian Disaster and Humanitarian Response Training Program at McGill University, and in the future she aims to pursue a career in Humanitarian Aid and […]

Antonio Peralta

Antonio Peralta was born in Choluteca, Honduras. He grew up in the countryside working with his family. When he was young he learned how to plant corn, beans, and take care of cows. His parents worked hard on the farm planting corns and beans to pay for his educations. In 2008 he went to Choluteca […]

Rutendo Chigora

Rutendo Chigora founded ZW Connect, a social business incubator for low-income communities in her home country of Zimbabwe, giving them access to funding, training, and business startup support. A firm believer in supporting entrepreneurs to facilitate sustainable private sector development in Africa, Rutendo has worked in public sector consulting at McKinsey & Co. and in […]