Veronica Silas, an alumna of the 2021 Young Leaders Fellowship, is an inspiring advocate for mental health and empowerment, especially among young people in her home country, Nigeria.  She founded the In-My-Head Support Group and with her dedication and impact inspired positive change in youth struggling with mental health.  Inspired by personal struggles with depression, […]

Ibrahim Bello, 2023 MCW Global Mentee from Nigeria put his efforts and activism into improving his community in Gombe State. Honoring March 8, International Women’s Day, after eight months of preparations, he launched the first pillar of his MCW Global community project by providing scholarships to young vulnerable girls in his hometown of Gombe. The […]

Shrouk Gamal is an alumna of the 2020 MCW Global Young Leaders Fellowship. She has started “Yellow vs Blue,”– an online initiative helping youth in Egypt and globally with mental health issues like depression and suicidal thoughts. In this piece, we will not see only her outstanding contribution. Still, importantly we will dig into why she is doing this and how […]

This article brings you the success of the Alumni Ventures Fund (AVF) through the eyes of Lourence Balatbat, an AVF beneficiary who is currently implementing the Beyond Three Billion (B3B) project- a youth-led, non-profit organization creating youth-responsive and youth-inclusive systems of governance that guarantee youth representation over matters affecting young people’s lives. Lourence speaks about how this project is making […]

Since January 2021, we have brought you the achievements and successes of MCW Global through various articles. This time, we will illustrate the incredible impact of the Alumni Ventures Fund (AVF) by interviewing Daniel Kwaku Owusu from Ghana, one of AVF’s 21 recipients, who is currently implementing the Household Aquaponics project. AVF offers graduates of the international Young Leaders […]