leadership in global community.
iLEAP on November 22nd, 2010After completing the iLEAP International Fellowship in 2009, Betty Kagoro returned to Uganda determined to start her own nonprofit empowering boys and girls in Uganda. Betty started Teen Empowerment Uganda and it is thriving. Most recently, TEU organized a writing campaign to the President of Uganda to promote youth leadership and civic consciousness especially around [...]
iLEAP on November 20th, 2010Continue reading about Congratulations to our new iLEAP International Faculty!
Agueda Ordeñana (IF'10, Nicaragua) on November 19th, 2010
Era España (IF'10, Philippines) on November 10th, 2010This is now my one week staying with Tom and Wendy Ysasi’s house. Even in these early days staying with them I have learned so many things. The couple is not only my family hosts but they are my friends, mentors and teachers. Tom, who comes to the Seattle by weekends, shares with me about [...]
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Emmanuel G.V. Dolo (IF'09, Liberia) on November 10th, 2010Few days ago, I accompanied three of iLEAP’s 2010 international fellows to do a presentation about food security at the University of Washington. One key question that the moderator asked me was how is food security related to the peace and reconciliation works that I do at the Population Caring Organization? I think this question [...]
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Raphael Okumu (IF'10, Kenya) on November 7th, 2010As time progress in our International fellowship program, we realize its time to establish meaningful relationship for change. Its time we build partnership and make Africa (Kenya,Liberia etc),Philipines, Central America Honduras,Guatamala,Nicaragua etc) a better living place for peace , love and decent livelihood.No wonder organizations have sad and unique names such as TEARS Group Kenya (Africa)focusing [...]
Raphael Okumu (IF'10, Kenya) on November 5th, 2010Thanks for all the collaborating Partners with iLEAP: Seattle International Foundation, Antioch University, Pangea (Giving for global change), individual donors in knowledge sharing, connections and all supporting network such as Washington Cash, Global Washington, Farestart, El Centro de la Raza, TreeHouse, ShoreBank Pacific, Goodwill, BainBridge Graduate Institute, Seattle Foundation, Rural Development Institute, Seattle University, University [...]
Era España (IF'10, Philippines) on November 3rd, 2010Before I came to the US to attend the iLEAP fellowship program I was confronted by my mixed feelings of the homestay portion of the iLEAP program. I had stayed in a homestay in the past but only for four days at the most. I wondered about the logic of staying for ten weeks in [...]
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