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Inspiring Stories
Out of all the work we do, it is the young leaders and community members we meet along the way that inspire us to continue striving for a world where they are all educated, holistically healthy and economically secure. Learn about how we’re trying to co-create this vision with changemakers in all corners of the world.
Lisa Hussain On Building Resilience as a Young Leader: Have a Growth Mindset
Lisa Hussain, 28, grew up in Guyana, South America, mostly hearing that she must marry, bear children, and have nothing…
Protecting Children’s Rights in Syria: Ahmad’s Encouraging Initiative
Ahmad Bakdah grew up in Syria, a country torn apart by war. He and his family had to build and…
Alumni Ventures Fund is Empowering Young Women in Uganda through Skill-UP Project
30 women and girls in Uganda will be supported through a women-led self-help group to develop the skills they need…
Bound to Help Her Community: Maria on how Alumni Ventures Fund Strengthens Youth Advocacy in Peru
Since Maria José Lovatón participated as an MCW Global Mentee in 2018, MCW Global became an essential part of her life and a supporting…
MCW Global Continues to Build Capacities of Young Oral Health Professionals in East and Southern Africa
MCW Global and MC-Tanzania brought together 26 oral health professionals from four African countries: Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia, in the Young Leaders…
MCW Global Helping Youth to Build Supportive Communities: The Valuable Journey of Inbar
If you go back to all the Medium pieces we published in the last two years, you will notice that despite the…
Promoting International Educational Opportunities for Youth with MCW Global’s Support
“The first step is to believe in yourself,” and “Dear to lead your world”- these two sentences are among other encouraging…
Appreciating the role of MCW Global in Empowering Youth in Innovation
MCW Global Young Leaders Fellowship is an efficient and interactive program, with the help of which Tunisian engineer Mohamed Dhaouafi built a clear…
Growing the Alumni Ventures Fund 2022
We have highlighted the success of the Alumni Ventures Fund through the eyes of its beneficiaries several times now. To have such a great…